Analysis of Voice, The
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Safe in the magic of my woods
I lay, and watched the dying light.
Faint in the pale high solitudes,
And washed with rain and veiled by night,
Silver and blue and green were showing.
And the dark woods grew darker still;
And birds were hushed; and peace was growing;
And quietness crept up the hill;
And no wind was blowing
And I knew
That this was the hour of knowing,
And the night and the woods and you
Were one together, and I should find
Soon in the silence the hidden key
Of all that had hurt and puzzled me --
Why you were you, and the night was kind,
And the woods were part of the heart of me.
And there I waited breathlessly,
Alone; and slowly the holy three,
The three that I loved, together grew
One, in the hour of knowing,
Night, and the woods, and you ----
And suddenly
There was an uproar in my woods,
The noise of a fool in mock distress,
Crashing and laughing and blindly going,
Of ignorant feet and a swishing dress,
And a Voice profaning the solitudes.
The spell was broken, the key denied me
And at length your flat clear voice beside me
Mouthed cheerful clear flat platitudes.
You came and quacked beside me in the wood.
You said, "The view from here is very good!"
You said, "It's nice to be alone a bit!"
And, "How the days are drawing out!" you said.
You said, "The sunset's pretty, isn't it?"
* * * * *
By God! I wish -- I wish that you were dead!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD C ECEFGGFG GGECE GA HCHA GGX IIJKJ K |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010111 11010101 100111 01110111 100101010 00111101 010101110 01001101 011110 011 111010110 00100101 010100111 100100101 111110101 110100111 0010110111 01110100 010100101 011110101 10010110 100101 0100 1111011 011010101 1001001010 110010011 001101 0111001011 0111111011 1101110 1101011001 1101111101 1111110101 0101110111 110110101 1 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,365 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1, 8, 5, 2, 4, 3, 5, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
- 1:22 min read
- 55 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Voice, The" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/33764/voice%2C-the>.
Discuss this Rupert Brooke poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In