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
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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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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