Analysis of Philosophy
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
At morn the wise man walked abroad,
Proud with the learning of great fools.
He laughed and said, ‘There is no God –
‘Tis force creates, ‘tis reason rules.’
Meek with the wisdom of great faith,
At night he knelt while angels smiled,
And wept and cried with anguished breath,
‘Jehovah, God, save Thou my child.’
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 11010111 11011111 11011101 11010111 11111101 01011101 01011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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