Analysis of The Embankment
T. E. Hulme 1883 (Endon) – 1917 (Oostduinkerke)
(The fantasia of a fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night.)
Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,
In the flash of gold heels on the hard pavement.
Now see I
That warmth’s the very stuff of poesy.
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie.
| Scheme | X AXBAXBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101010100101101 100111011100 00111110110 111 11010111 1111 0111010101 111111100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 306 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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