Analysis of Songs Of Experience: Introduction
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might controll.
The starry pole;
And fallen fallen light renew!
O Earth O Earth return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumbrous mass.
Turn away no more:
Why wilt thou turn away
The starry floor
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.
Scheme | XABBA CDCCD XEFFE GHGGH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 101101 1101101 1111 0101 11010101 10011 01000101 111 0101 01010101 111101 01110101 111 001 101011 10111 111101 0101 01001 110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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