Analysis of A Power-Plant
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
The Fisk Street turbine power station in Chicago
The invisible wheels go softly round and round—
Light is the tread of brazen-footed Power.
Spirits of air, caged in the iron tower,
Sing as they labor with a purring sound.
The abysmal fires, grated and chained and bound,
Burn white and still, in swift obedience cower;
While far and wide the myriad lamps, aflower,
Glow like star-gardens and the night confound.
This we have done for thee, almighty Lord;
Yea, even as they who built at thy command
The pillared temple, or in marble made
Thine image, or who sang thy deathless word.
We take the weapons of thy dread right hand,
And wield them in thy service unafraid.
Scheme | X ABBAABBAXCDXCD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 011101010001 001001110101 11011101010 10111001010 1111010101 001010100101 110101010010 1101010011 1111000101 1111110101 11011111101 0101010101 110111111 1101011111 011011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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