Analysis of Italy
ACROSS the sea I heard the groans
Of nations in the intervals
Of wind and wave. Their blood and bones
Cried out in torture, crushed by thrones,
And sucked by priestly cannibals.
I dreamed of Freedom slowly gained
By martyr meekness, patience, faith,
And lo! an athlete grimly stained,
With corded muscles battle-strained,
Shouting it from the fields of death!
I turn me, awe-struck, from the sight,
Among the clamoring thousands mute,
I only know that God is right,
And that the children of the light
Shall tread the darkness under foot.
I know the pent fire heaves its crust,
That sultry skies the bolt will form
To smite them clear; that Nature must
The balance of her powers adjust,
Though with the earthquake and the storm.
God reigns, and let the earth rejoice!
I bow before His sterner plan.
Dumb are the organs of my choice;
He speaks in battle's stormy voice,
His praise is in the wrath of man!
Yet, surely as He lives, the day
Of peace He promised shall be ours,
To fold the flags of war, and lay
Its sword and spear to rust away,
And sow its ghastly fields with flowers!
Scheme | ABAABCDCCEFGFFHIJIIJKLKKLMNMMN |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01011101 11000100 11011101 11010111 01110100 11110101 1101101 0111101 11010101 10110111 11111101 010100101 11011111 01010101 11010101 110110111 11010111 11111101 010101001 1101001 11010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11100111 11011101 111101110 11011101 11011101 011101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,059 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 848 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 197 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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