Analysis of Creation
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
The impulse of all love is to create.
God was so full of love, in his embrace
He clasped the empty nothingness of space,
And low! the solar system! High in state
The mighty sun sat, so supreme and great
With this same essence, one smile of its face
Brought myriad forms of life forth; race on race,
From insects up to men.
Through love, not hate,
All that is grand in nature or in art
Sprang into being. He who would build sublime
And lasting works, to stand the test of time,
Must inspiration draw from his full heart.
And he who loveth widely, well, and much,
The secret holds of the true master touch.
Scheme | ABBAABB XACDDCEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 0101111101 1111110101 1101010011 0101010101 0101110101 1111011111 11001111111 11111 1111 1111010101 10110111101 0101110111 101011111 011110101 0101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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