Analysis of Love's Infinity

William Gay 1865 (Scotland) – 1897



Dear lowly flower that liftest up
Among the grass thy golden cup,
I take thee from thy earthly bed
And plant thee in my heart instead.
Ye ocean waves that mount on high
As emulous of the lofty sky,
'Tis in my breast ye onward sweep
Which as the sea is wide and deep.
Great sun, from thy supernal height
On flower and wave who pourest light,
My soul doth clasp thee in the skies,
And thou in me dost set and rise.
O thou I love, thy lips of fire
Have waked an infinite desire,
And unto all things as to thee
Flames out the love that burns in me.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 01011101 11111101 01101101 11011111 1110101 10111101 11011101 111111 11001111 11111001 01011101 111111110 111100010 01011111 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 537
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 422
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Gay

William Gay (2 May 1865 – 22 December 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian poet. more…

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