Analysis of To Tirzah
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Whate'er is Born of Mortal Birth
Must be consumed with the Earth
To rise from Generation free:
Then what have I to do with thee?
The Sexes sprung from Shame & Pride,
Blow'd in the morn, in evening died;
But Mercy chang'd Death into Sleep;
The Sexes rose to work & weep.
Thou, Mother of my Mortal part,
With cruelty didst mould my Heart,
And with false self-deceiving tears
Didst bind my Nostrils, Eyes, & Ears:
Didst close my Tongue in senseless clay,
And me to Mortal Life betray.
The Death of Jesus set me free:
Then what have I to do with thee?
Scheme | aabB ccdd eexx ffbB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 10111101 1101101 1110101 11111111 0101111 10010101 11011011 0101111 11011101 1101111 01110101 1111011 11110101 01110101 01110111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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