Analysis of Soror Tua
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
For the statue of Lorenzetti, in the Venice Exhibition, 1887, representing a chained and recumbent figure larger than life; who, if she broke the silence of her misery, might speak thus:--
Ye that pass by, come near and look on me;
I am despised, rejected and out-thrust;
My garments are acquainted with the dust,
My soul is bosom-mate of misery.
Come near and look upon me, sons of men.
Would I were dead; yea, peace is with the dead,
The dead are happy, having no desire.
I rise and fall, and rise and fall again,
Something is in me, famishing for bread,
Baffled and unappeasable as fire.
Woe, woe is me, I tire and may not tire!
Eternal strength in weariness is mine.
Raise me, I call. Come nearer, I am thine.
What? Knowest thou not thy sister? I am she.
Scheme | XABBA CDECDEEFFA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1011001000100100100101101011111101010100111 1111110111 1101010011 1101010101 1111011100 1101011111 1101111101 01110101010 1101010101 10101111 1001110 111111001110 0101010011 1111110111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 10 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 289 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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