Analysis of The Creed

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



Whoever was begotten by pure love,

And came desired and welcome into life,

Is of immaculate conception. He

Whose heart is full of tenderness and truth,

Who loves mankind more than he loves himself,

And cannot find room in his heart for hate,

May be another Christ. We all may be

The Saviours of the world if we believe

In the Divinity which dwells in us

And worship it, and nail our grosser selves,

Our tempers, greeds, and our unworthy aims,

Upon the cross. Who giveth love to all;

Pays kindness for unkindness, smiles for frowns;

And lends new courage to each fainting heart,

And strengthens hope and scatters joy abroad—

He, too, is a Redeemer, Son of God.


Scheme X X A X X X A X X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010111 01010010011 1101000101 1111110001 1111111101 0101101111 1101011111 011011101 0001001101 01010110101 101010100101 0101110111 11011111 0111011101 010101101 11101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 654
Words 121
Sentences 5
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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