Analysis of Pain In Pleasure
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
A THOUGHT ay like a flower upon mine heart,
And drew around it other thoughts like bees
For multitude and thirst of sweetnesses;
Whereat rejoicing, I desired the art
Of the Greek whistler, who to wharf and mart
Could lure those insect swarms from orange-trees
That I might hive with me such thoughts and please
My soul so, always. foolish counterpart
Of a weak man's vain wishes ! While I spoke,
The thought I called a flower grew nettle-rough
The thoughts, called bees, stung me to festering:
Oh, entertain (cried Reason as she woke)
Your best and gladdest thoughts but long enough,
And they will all prove sad enough to sting !
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110100111 0101110111 1100111 1010101001 1011011101 111111101 1111111101 11111010 1011110111 01110101101 0111111100 101110111 110111101 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 499 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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