Analysis of Brahma
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.
Far or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And one to me are shame and fame.
They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
The strong gods pine for my abode,
And pine in vain the sacred Seven;
But thou, meek lover of the good!
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DADA XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 10110111 11011111 11110101 11010101 11011111 101101 01011101 01111101 11011111 11111101 11010001 01010101 01111101 010101010 11110101 110111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
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) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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