Analysis of Wreath the Bowl
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Wreath the bowl
With flowers of soul,
The brightest Wit can find us,
We'll take a flight
Towards heaven to-night,
And leave dull earth behind us.
Should Love amid
The wreaths be hid
That Joy, the enchanter, brings us,
No danger fear,
While wine is near --
We'll drown him if he stings us.
Then, wreath the bowl
With flowers of soul,
The brightest Wit can find us.
We'll take a flight
Towards heaven to-night,
And leave dull earth behind us.
'Twas nectar fed
Of old, 'tis said,
Their Junos, Joves, Apollos,
And man may brew
His nectar too,
The rich receipt's as follows:
Take wine like this,
Let looks of bliss
Around it well be blended,
Then bring Wit's beam
To warm the stream,
And there's your nectar, splendid!
So, wreath the bowl,
With flowers of soul,
The brightest Wit can find us,
We'll take a flight
Towards heaven to-night,
And leave dull earth behind us.
Say, why did Time
His glass sublime
Fill up with sands unsightly,
When wine, he knew,
Runs brisker through,
And sparkles far more brightly?
Oh, lend it us,
And, smiling thus,
The glass in two we'll sever,
Make pleasure glide
In double tide,
And fill both ends for ever!
Then, wreath the bowl
With flowers of soul
The brightest Wit can find us;
We'll take a flight
Towards heaven to-night,
And leave dull earth behind us.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 11011 0101111 1101 011011 0111011 1101 0111 11001011 1101 1111 1111111 1101 11011 0101111 1101 011011 0111011 1101 1111 1111 0111 1101 011110 1111 1111 0111110 1111 1101 0111010 1101 11011 0101111 1101 011011 0111011 1111 1101 1111010 1111 1101 0101110 1111 0101 0101110 1101 0101 0111110 1101 11011 0101111 1101 011011 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,293 |
Words | 235 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 18, 18 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 329 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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