Analysis of Futurity
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
AND, O beloved voices, upon which
Ours passionately call because erelong
Ye brake off in the middle of that song
We sang together softly, to enrich
The poor world with the sense of love, and witch,
The heart out of things evil,--I am strong,
Knowing ye are not lost for aye among
The hills, with last year's thrush. God keeps a niche
In Heaven to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty,--glorified
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
Scheme | ABBAABB AXCDXCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110011 1010001011 1110010111 1101010101 0111011101 0111110111 1011111101 0111111101 0101110100010 11111010001 11011010111 1111011101 011111010 111000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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