Analysis of The Crystal Cabinet
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
The Maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;
She put me into her Cabinet,
And lock'd me up with a golden key.
This cabinet is form'd of gold
And pearl and crystal shining bright,
And within it opens into a world
And a little lovely moony night.
Another England there I saw
Another London with its Tower,
Another Thames and other hills,
And another pleasant Surrey bower.
Another Maiden like herself,
Translucent, lovely, shining clear,
Threefold each in the other clos'd
O, what a pleasant trembling fear!
O, what a smile! a threefold smile
Fill'd me, that like a flame I burn'd;
I bent to kiss the lovely Maid,
And found a threefold kiss return'd.
I strove to seize the inmost form
With ardor fierce and hands of flame,
But burst the Crystal Cabinet,
And like a weeping Babe became--
A weeping Babe upon the wild,
And weeping Woman pale reclin'd,
And in the outward air again,
I fill'd with woes the passing wind.
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Scheme | ABCB XDXD XEXE XFXF XGXG XHCH AIXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011001 11110100 111010100 011110101 11001111 01010101 0011100101 00101011 01010111 010101110 01010101 0010101010 01010101 01010101 1100101 110101001 1101011 11110111 11110101 0101101 1111011 11010111 11010100 01010101 01010101 01010101 00010101 11110101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 914 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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