Analysis of The Possessed
Charles Baudelaire 1821 (Paris) – 1867 (Paris)
The sun in crepe has muffled up his fire.
Moon of my life! Half shade yourself like him.
Slumber or smoke. Be silent and be dim,
And in the gulf of ennui plunge entire;
I love you thus! However, if you like,
Like some bright star from its eclipse emerging,
To flaunt with Folly where the crowds are surging --
Flash, lovely dagger, from your sheath and strike!
Light up your eyes from chandeliers of glass!
Light up the lustful looks of louts that pass!
Morbid or petulant, I thrill before you.
Be what you will, black night or crimson dawn;
No fibre of my body tautly drawn,
But cries: "Beloved demon, I adore you!"
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EEF GGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101110 1111110111 1011110011 000110101010 111110111 11111101010 11110101110 1101011101 111110111 1101011111 10110011011 1111111101 110111011 1101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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