Analysis of Libido

Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)




How should I know?  The enormous wheels of will
 Drove me cold-eyed on tired and sleepless feet.
Night was void arms and you a phantom still,
 And day your far light swaying down the street.
As never fool for love, I starved for you;
 My throat was dry and my eyes hot to see.
Your mouth so lying was most heaven in view,
 And your remembered smell most agony.

Love wakens love!  I felt your hot wrist shiver
 And suddenly the mad victory I planned
  Flashed real, in your burning bending head. . . .
My conqueror's blood was cool as a deep river
 In shadow; and my heart beneath your hand
  Quieter than a dead man on a bed.


Scheme ABABCDCD EFGEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 11110010111 11111100101 1111010101 0111110101 1101111111 1111011111 11110111001 0101011100 1111111110 01000110011 110110101 110011110110 010110111 1001011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 620
Words 119
Sentences 12
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 238
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". more…

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