Analysis of Haschisch
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Behind the door, beyond the light,
Who is it waits there in the night?
When he has entered he will stand,
Imposing with his silent hand
Some silent thing upon the night.
Behold the image of my fear.
O rise not, move not, come not near!
That moment, when you turned your face,
A demon seemed to leap through space;
His gesture strangled me with fear.
And yet I am the lord of all,
And this brave world magnifical,
Veiled in so variable a mist
It may be rose or amethyst,
Demands me for the lord of all!
Who said the world is but a mood
In the eternal thought of God?
I know it, real though it seem,
The phantom of a haschisch dream
In that insomnia which is God.
Scheme | AABBA CCDDC EEFFE XGHHG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01010101 11111001 11110111 01011101 11010101 01010111 11111111 11011111 01011111 11010111 01110111 01111 101100001 11111100 01110111 11011101 00010111 1111111 0101011 010100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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