Analysis of Seeking
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
In many a shape and fleeting apparition,
Sublime in age or with clear morning eyes,
Ever I seek thee, tantalising Vision,
Which beckoning flies.
Ever I seek Thee, O evasive Presence,
Which on the far horizon's utmost verge,
Like some wild star in luminous evanescence,
Shoots o'er the surge.
Ever I seek Thy features ever flying,
Which ne'er beheld I never can forget:
Lightning which flames through love, and mimics dying
In souls that set.
Ever I seek Thee through all clouds of error;
As when the moon behind earth's shadow slips,
She wears a momentary mask of terror
In brief eclipse.
Ever I seek Thee, passionately yearning;
Like altar-fire on some forgotten fane,
My life flames up irrevocably burning,
And burnt in vain.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH EIEI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01001010010 0101111101 10111110 11001 10111101010 110101011 11110100010 11001 10111101010 111110101 10111101010 0111 10111111110 110101111 1101001110 0101 10111100010 11010110101 11110100010 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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