Analysis of Citizen of the World
Joyce Kilmer 1886 (New Brunswick) – 1918 (Seringes-et-Nesles)
No longer of Him be it said
"He hath no place to lay His head."
In every land a constant lamp
Flames by His small and mighty camp.
There is no strange and distant place
That is not gladdened by His face.
And every nation kneels to hail
The Splendour shining through Its veil.
Cloistered beside the shouting street,
Silent, He calls me to His feet.
Imprisoned for His love of me
He makes my spirit greatly free.
And through my lips that uttered sin
The King of Glory enters in.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11011111 11111111 010010101 11110101 11110101 1111111 010010111 0110111 10010101 10111111 01011111 11110101 01111101 01110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 477 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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