Analysis of To Nobodaddy
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Why art thou silent & invisible
Father of jealousy
Why dost thou hide thyself in clouds
From every searching Eye
Why darkness & obscurity
In all thy words & laws
That none dare eat the fruit but from
The wily serpents jaws
Or is it because Secresy
gains females loud applause
| Scheme | XAXX ABXBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) |
| Metre | 111100100 101100 1111101 1100101 1100100 01111 11110111 010101 111011 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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