Analysis of The Angel
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne'er beguiled!
And I wept both night and day,
And he wiped my tears away;
And I wept both day and night,
And hid from him my heart's delight.
So he took his wings, and fled;
Then the morn blushed rosy red.
I dried my tears, and armed my fears
With ten-thousand shields and spears.
Soon my Angel came again;
I was armed, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 01110101 1011101 1011101 0111101 0111101 0111101 01111101 1111101 1011101 11110111 1110101 1110101 1111101 1011111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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