Analysis of Unity
Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946
I dreamed that life and time and space were one,
And the pure trance of dawn;
The increase drawn
From all the journeys of the travelling sun,
And the long mysteries of sound and sight,
The whispering rains,
And far, calm waters set in lonely plains,
And cry of birds at night.
I dreamed that these and love and death were one,
And all eternity,
The life to be
Therewith entwined, throughout the ages spun;
And so with Grief, my playmate; him I knew
One with the rest, -
One with the mounting day, the east and west -
Lord, is it true?
Lord, do I dream? Methinks a key unlocks
Some dungeon door, in thrall of blackened towers,
On ecstasies, half hid, like chill white flowers
Blown in the secret places of the rocks.
Scheme | ABBACDDC AEEAFGGFDHHX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111010101 001111 0011 11010101001 0011001101 01001 0111010101 011111 1111010101 010100 0111 101010101 011111111 1101 1101010101 1111 11111011 11010111010 111111110 1001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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