Analysis of Unity



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
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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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Violet Jacob

Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer, now known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. more…

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