Analysis of Adam
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Marveling he stands on the cathedral's
steep ascent, close to the rose window,
as though frightened at the apotheosis
which grew and all at once
set him down over these and these.
And straight he stands and glad of his endurance,
simply determined; as the husbandman
who began and who knew not how
from the garden of Eden finished-full
to find a way out into
the new earth. God was hard to persuade;
and threatened him, instead of acceding,
ever and again, that he would die.
Yet man persisted: she will bring forth.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011101 101110110 1110100010 110111 11110101 01110111100 10010101 10101111 1010110101 1101101 011111101 0101011010 100011111 110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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