Analysis of To Her Whose Name

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 (Petworth House) – 1922 (United Kingdom)



To her whose name,
With its sweet sibilant sound like sudden showers
Splashing the grass and flowers,
Hath set my April heart aflame;

To her whose face,
The flower and crown of all created things,
Dearer than even Spring's,
Hath been to me a sacrament of grace;

Whose luminous mind,
Stored with all gladness of the earth and sky,
Hath lightened my sad eye
And made it wise in love which erst was blind;

Whose voice of pleasure,
Calling to joys as a blithe wedding bell
When ringers ring it well,
Hath tuned my soul to its own happy measure;

Whose blessed hand,
With its white mystery of fingers five,
Each one a soul alive,
Hath taught me truths no angels understand;

Whose arms within,
Should she once clasp me to her very heart,
God knoweth we should not part
But live for aye in Heaven's own bliss divine;

To her, alas,
Who is so near, yet standeth still so far,
Seeing the mortal bar
Betwixt us ever which we cannot pass,

These lines I send
With my heart's tears to--night beseeching her,
Of her dear love more dear,
To be no less to me my sweetest soul and friend.


Scheme ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJI XKKX LMML NGXN
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1011 1111111010 1001010 11110101 1011 01001110101 101101 1111010011 11001 111110101 110111 0111011111 11110 1011101101 110111 11111111010 111 1111001101 110101 111111001 1101 1111110101 111111 11110101101 1001 111111111 100101 0111011101 1111 1111110100 101111 111111110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,046
Words 202
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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