Analysis of I Sometimes Wonder If the Mighty God
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
I sometimes wonder if the mighty God
Cares aught about the little deeds of men;
And if their day and time can reach his ken
Or raise their breath above the hungry sod.
Does He who lightly holds th' eternal rod,
Now taut, now loose, the threads of Why and When?
Giving passing heed--or be they one or ten--
To one-time flesh but now the wind-blown clod?
If men can die who never yet knew life,
And, smiling, hold it is no strange affair;
Or live when death were welcome boon of strife,
Torn, broken sheaves the ghostly reapers spare;
The saints must grieve for earthly sorrows rife,
And God must heed, yea surely, God must care.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
Metre | 1011010101 1101010111 0111011111 1111010101 111101110101 1111011101 10101111111 1111110111 1111110111 0101111101 1111010111 110101011 0111110101 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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