Analysis of Choriambics - I
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Ah! not now, when desire burns, and the wind calls, and the suns of spring
Light-foot dance in the woods, whisper of life, woo me to wayfaring;
Ah! not now should you come, now when the road beckons, and good friends call,
Where are songs to be sung, fights to be fought, yea! and the best of all,
Love, on myriad lips fairer than yours, kisses you could not give! . . .
Dearest, why should I mourn, whimper, and whine, I that have yet to live?
Sorrow will I forget, tears for the best, love on the lips of you,
Now, when dawn in the blood wakes, and the sun laughs up the eastern blue;
I'll forget and be glad!
Only at length, dear, when the great day ends,
When love dies with the last light, and the last song has been sung, and friends
All are perished, and gloom strides on the heaven: then, as alone I lie,
'Mid Death's gathering winds, frightened and dumb, sick for the past, may I
Feel you suddenly there, cool at my brow; then may I hear the peace
Of your voice at the last, whispering love, calling, ere all can cease
In the silence of death; then may I see dimly, and know, a space,
Bending over me, last light in the dark, once, as of old, your face.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFGGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101001100111 11100110111111 1111111101100111 1111111111100111 1110011011101111 1011111001111111 1011011101110111 1110011001110101 101011 1011110111 1111011001111101 11100111010110111 1110011001110111 1110011111111101 1111011001101111 0010111111100101 1010111001111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,146 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 872 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 228 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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