Analysis of De Profundis.
Walter R Cassels 1826 (London, ) – 1907 (London)
Turn thine eyes from me, Angel of Heaven--
Read not my soul, Angel of Heaven--
Sorrow is steeping my pale cheeks with weeping,
Evermore keeping her wand on my heart,
On my cold stony heart, while the tear-fountains start
To purge it from leaven too sinful for Heaven--
Read not my soul, yet, Angel of Heaven!
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Yearning to gain her, hast thou thus slain her
Ere sin could stain her--borne her away,
Borne her far, far away, into eternal day,
Left me alone to stay--left me to weep and pray?
Why hast thou ta'en her, Angel of Heaven?
Ta'en her so soon, Angel of Heaven?
Shines the place brighter, Angel of Heaven?
Brighter for her, Angel of Heaven?
Comes there not streaming into my dreaming,
At morning's beaming, rays more divine,
Rays from her soul divine, rays giving strength to mine?
Shines she not radiantly over the skies,
Over the morning skies, ere the Earth-vapours rise,
'Twixt me and Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
Her blessed Paradise, Angel of Heaven?
Turn thine eyes to me, Angel of Heaven--
Search through and through me, Angel of Heaven;
Read my soul's yearning, wild, endlessly burning,
Tumultuously spurning Fate's bitter decree,
Fate's tyrannic decree, that tore her from me,
Bore her from me to Eternity.
Merciless Reaper, no more shalt thou keep her
From fond eyes that weep her for ever and ever,
Vain thine endeavour our spirits to sever,
Take my soul with thee, Angel of Heaven,
Bear me unto her, Angel of Heaven.
Scheme | aabccaa AAdeeeAA aabffggaa aabhhhdddaa |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111110110 111110110 1011111110 101001111 111101101101 111110110110 1111110110 11111010110 1101110110 1011011110 111101001 101101010101 110111111101 11111010110 1101110110 1011010110 101010110 1111001110 110101101 110101110111 11111001 10010110111 1101010110 011010110 1111110110 1101110110 11110110010 11011001 110111011 101110100 10010111110 111110110010 110101010110 1111110110 1110010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,482 |
Words | 266 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 9, 11 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 292 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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