Analysis of To-----
Muriel Stuart 1885 – 1967
Between two common days this day was hung
When Love went to the ending that was his;
His seamless robe was rent, his bow was wrong,
He took at last the sponge's bitter kiss.
A simple day the dawn has watched unfold
Before the night had borne the death of love;
You took the bread I blessed, and love was sold
Upon your lips, and paid the price thereof.
I changed then, as when soul from body slips,
And casts its passion and its pain aside;
I pledged you with most spiritual lips,
And gave you hands that you had crucified.
You who betrayed, kissed, crucified, forgot,
You walked with Christ, poor fool, and knew it not!
Scheme | XXXX ABAB CDCDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011111 1111010111 1101111111 111101101 0101011101 0101110111 1101110111 011101011 1111111101 0111001101 1111110001 011111110 110111001 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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