Analysis of Modern Love XX: I Am Not of Those
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
I am not of those miserable males
Who sniff at vice and, daring not to snap,
Do therefore hope for heaven. I take the hap
Of all my deeds. The wind that fills my sails
Propels; but I am helmsman. Am I wrecked,
I know the devil has sufficient weight
To bear: I lay it not on him, or fate.
Besides, he's damned. That man I do suspect
A coward, who would burden the poor deuce
With what ensues from his own slipperiness.
I have just found a wanton-scented tress
In an old desk, dusty for lack of use.
Of days and nights it is demonstrative,
That, like some aged star, gleam luridly.
If for those times I must ask charity,
Have I not any charity to give?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110001 1111010111 1111101101 1111011111 011111111 1101010101 1111111111 0111111101 0101110011 11011111 1111010101 0111101111 1101110100 1111111 1111111100 1111010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 499 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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