Analysis of Song I: Though the World Be A-Waning
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
Love is enough: though the World be a-waning
And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining,
Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to discover
The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder,
Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder,
And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over,
Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter;
The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter
These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.
| Scheme | AABBBBBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011011010 0011111011010 1011111111010 0110101101 1011110010110 0111011011110 1111110111110 011110011110 110111010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 386 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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