Analysis of The End
Wilfred Owen 1893 (Oswestry) – 1918 (Sambre–Oise Canal)
After the blast of lightning from the east,
The flourish of loud clouds, the Chariot throne,
After the drums of time have rolled and ceased
And from the bronze west long retreat is blown,
Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth
All death will he annul, all tears assuage?
Or fill these void veins full again with youth
And wash with an immortal water age?
When I do ask white Age, he saith not so,--
"My head hangs weighed with snow."
And when I hearken to the Earth she saith
My fiery heart sinks aching. It is death.
Mine ancient scars shall not be glorified
Nor my titanic tears the seas be dried.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110101 01011101001 1001111101 0101110111 1101110101 1111101101 1111110111 0111010101 1111111111 111111 011110111 11001110111 110111110 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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