Analysis of Several Questions Answered
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
The look of love alarms
Because 'tis fill'd with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall Win the lover's hire.
Soft Deceit & Idleness,
These are Beauty's sweetest dress.
He who binds to himself a joy
Dot the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
Submitted by Josh Horn
| Scheme | aAaA xaxa xx bbcc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010110 01110010 1111010110 01110010 011101 0111110 1011101 1101010 101100 111101 11110101 101101 1111001111 1011 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 460 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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