Analysis of Creation
As the pregnant womb of night
Thrills with imprisoned light,
Misty, nebulous-born,
Growing deeper into her morn,
So man, with no sudden stride,
Bloomed into pride.
In the womb of the All-spirit
The universe lay ; the will
Blind, an atom, lay still.
The pulse of matter
Obeyed in awe
And strove to flatter
The rhythmic law.
But the will grew ; nature feared,
And cast off the child she reared,
Now her rival, instinct-led,
With her own powers impregnated.
Brain and heart, blood-fervid flowers,
Creation is each act of yours.
Your roots are God, the pauseless cause,
But your boughs sway to self windy laws.
Perception is no dreamy birth
And magnifies transfigured earth.
With each new light, our eyes receive
A larger power to perceive.
If we could unveil our eyes,
Become as wise as the All-wise,
No love would be, no mystery :
Love and joy dwell in infinity.
Love begets love ; reaching highest
We find a higher still, unseen
From where we stood to reach the first ;
Moses must die to live in Christ,
The seed be buried to live to green.
Perfection must begin from worst.
Christ perceives a larger reachless love,
More full, and grows to reach thereof.
The green plant yearns for its yellow fruit.
Perfection always is a root,
And joy a motion that cloth feed
Itself on light of its own speed,
And round its radiant circle runs,
Creating and devouring suns.
Scheme | AABBCC XDDEXEXFFXX XX XXGG HHIIJJXKLXKLMMNNOOPP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 110101 101001 10100101 1111101 1011 00110110 010101 111011 01110 0101 01110 0101 1011101 0110111 1010101 10110010 10111010 01011111 1111011 111111101 01011101 01011 111110101 01010101 11101101 01111011 11111100 101100100 10111010 11010101 11111101 10111101 011101111 01010111 10101011 1101111 011111101 0101101 01010111 01111111 011100101 010001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,325 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 11, 2, 4, 20 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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