Analysis of An Apprehension
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
IF all the gentlest-hearted friends I know
Concentred in one heart their gentleness,
That still grew gentler till its pulse was less
For life than pity,--I should yet be slow
To bring my own heart nakedly below
The palm of such a friend, that he should press
Motive, condition, means, appliances,
My false ideal joy and fickle woe,
Out full to light and knowledge; I should fear
Some plait between the brows, some rougher chime
In the free voice. O angels, let your flood
Of bitter scorn dash on me ! do ye hear
What I say who hear calmly all the time
This everlasting face to face with GOD ?
Scheme | AXBAABX AXCXXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010010111 10111100 1111011111 1111011111 11111101 0111011111 1001010100 110110101 1111010111 1101011101 0011110111 1101111111 1111110101 101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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