Analysis of The Day Of Judgment

Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)



When the bearing and doing are over,
And no more is to do or bear,
God will see us and judge us
The kind of men we were;
And our sins, so ugly and heavy,
We shall drag them into His sight,
And throw them down at the foot of the throne,
Foul on the steps of light.

We shall not be shamed or frightened,
Though the angels are all at hand,
For He will look at our burden,
And He will understand.
He will turn to the little angels,
Agog to hear and obey,
And point to the festering sin-loads
With, 'Take that rubbish away!'

Then the steps will be cleared of the burdens
That we threw down at His feet;
And we shall be washed in the tears of Christ,
And our tears bathe His feet.
And the harvest of all our sinning
That moment's shame will reap -
When we look in the eyes that love us
And know we have made them weep.


Scheme AXBAXCXC XDXDXEXE XFXFXGBG
Poetic Form
Metre 1010010110 01111111 1111011 011110 0101110010 11110111 0111101101 110111 11111110 10101111 111111010 01101 111101010 0111001 011010011 1111001 1011111010 1111111 0111100111 0101111 0010111010 110111 111001111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 797
Words 170
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 207
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Edith Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 books of children's literature. She was also a political activist and co-founded the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party. more…

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