Analysis of The Book of Urizen: Preludium
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Of the primeval Priests assum'd power,
When Eternals spurn'd back his religion;
And gave him a place in the north,
Obscure, shadowy, void, solitary.
Eternals I hear your call gladly,
Dictate swift winged words, & fear not
To unfold your dark visions of torment.
| Scheme | XXXA AXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010110 11111010 01101001 011001100 1111110 0111111 101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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