Analysis of I Rose From Dreamless Hours
James Elroy Flecker 1884 (London) – 1915
I rose from dreamless hours and sought the morn
That beat upon my window: from the sill
I watched sweet lands, where Autumn light newborn
Swayed through the trees and lingered on the hill.
If things so lovely are, why labour still
To dream of something more than this I see?
Do I remember tales of Galilee,
I who have slain my faith and freed my will?
Let me forget dead faith, dead mystery,
Dead thoughts of things I cannot comprehend.
Enough the light mysterious in the tree,
Enough the friendship of my chosen friend.
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Metre | 1111100101 1101110101 1111110110 1101010101 111101111 1111011111 110101110 1111110111 1101111100 111111001 01010100001 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 414 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 07, 2023
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