Analysis of I am no mystic

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



I am no mystic. All the ways of God
Are dark to me.
I know not if he lived or if he died
In agony.
My every act has reference to man.
Some human need
Of this one, or of that, or of myself
Inspires the deed.
But when I hear the Angelus, I say
A Latin prayer
Hoping the dim incanted words may shine
Some way, somewhere.
Words and a will may work upon my mind
Till ethics turn
To that transcendent mystic love with which
The Seraphim burn.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 1111 1111111111 0100 11001110011 1101 111111111 0101 11110111 0101 10011111 111 1001110111 1101 1101010111 011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 444
Words 92
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 336
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist. more…

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