Analysis of The Look
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 (Kelloe) – 1861 (Florence)
The Saviour looked on Peter. Ay, no word,
No gesture of reproach; the Heavens serene
Though heavy with armed justice, did not lean
Their thunders that way: the forsaken Lord
Looked only, on the traitor. None record
What that look was, none guess; for those who have seen
Wronged lovers loving through a death-pang keen,
Or pale-cheeked martyrs smiling to a sword,
Have missed Jehovah at the judgment-call.
And Peter, from the height of blasphemy--
'I never knew this man '--did quail and fall
As knowing straight THAT GOD; and turned free
And went out speechless from the face of all
And filled the silenc, weeping bitterly.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110111 11010101001 1101110111 1101100101 1101010101 11111111111 1101010111 1111010101 1101010101 0101011100 1101111101 110111011 0111010111 010110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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