Analysis of I Saw a Chapel
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
I saw a chapel all of gold
That none did dare to enter in,
And many weeping stood without,
Weeping, mourning, worshipping.
I saw a serpent rise between
The white pillars of the door,
And he forc'd and forc'd and forc'd,
Down the golden hinges tore.
And along the pavement sweet,
Set with pearls and rubies bright,
All his slimy length he drew
Till upon the altar white
Vomiting his poison out
On the bread and on the wine.
So I turn'd into a sty
And laid me down among the swine.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 11111100 01010101 1010100 11010101 0110101 0110101 1010101 0010101 1110101 1110111 1010101 1001101 1010101 1110101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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