Analysis of A Song Of Low Degree
Michael Fairless 1869 (Rastrick, Brighouse,) – 1901 (Henfield,)
Lord, I am small, and yet so great,
The whole world stands to my estate,
And in Thine Image I create.
The sea is mine; and the broad sky
Is mine in its immensity:
The river and the river's gold;
The earth's hid treasures manifold;
The love of creatures small and great,
Save where I reap a precious hate;
The noon-tide sun with hot caress,
The night with quiet loneliness;
The wind that bends the pliant trees,
The whisper of the summer breeze;
The kiss of snow and rain; the star
That shines a greeting from afar;
All, all are mine; and yet so small
Am I, that lo, I needs must call,
Great King, upon the Babe in Thee,
And crave that Thou would'st give to me
The grace of Thy humility.
Scheme | AAABACCAADEFFGGHHIII |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 11110111 01111101 00110101 01110011 11011 01000101 0111010 01110101 11110101 01111101 01110100 01110101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11110111 11111111 11010101 011111111 01110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 525 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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