Analysis of Intrigue
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
THOU art my love
And thou art the peace of sundown
When the blue shadows soothe
And the grasses and the leaves sleep
To the song of the little brooks
Woe is me.
Thou art my love,
And thou art a storm
That breaks black in the sky
And, sweeping headlong,
Drenches and cowers each tree
And at the panting end
There is no sound
Save the melancholy cry of a single owl
Woe is me!
Thou art my love
And thou art a tinsel thing
And I in my play
Broke thee easily
And from the little fragments
Arose my long sorrow
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art a weary violet
Drooping from sun-caresses.
Answering mine carelessly
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art the ashes of other men's love
And I bury my face in these ashes
And I love them
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art the beard
On another man's face
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art a temple
And in this temple is an altar
And on this altar is my heart
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art a wretch.
Let these sacred love-lies choke thee
For I am come to where I know your lies as truth
And your truth as lies
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art a priestess
And in thy hand is a bloody dagger
And my doom comes to me surely
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art a skull with ruby eyes
And I love thee
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And I doubt thee
And if peace came with my murder
Then would I murder
Woe is me.
Thou art my love
And thou art death
Aye, thou art death
Black and yet black
But I love thee
I love thee
Woe, welcome woe, to me.
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Metre | 1111 0110111 10111 00100011 10110101 111 1111 01101 111001 0101 100111 010101 1111 10100110101 111 1111 0110101 01011 11100 0101010 011110 111 1111 011010100 1011010 1001100 111 1111 01101011011 0110110110 0111 111 1111 01101 101011 111 1111 011010 001101110 01110111 111 1111 01101 11101111 111111111111 01111 111 1111 011010 0011101010 01111110 111 1111 011011101 0111 111 1111 0111 01111110 11110 111 1111 0111 1111 1011 1111 111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,515 |
Words | 328 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 9, 7, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 68 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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