Analysis of God Speaks To Each Of Us
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
God speaks to each of us before we are,
Before he's formed us — then, in cloudy speech,
But only then, he speaks these words to each
And silently walks with us from the dark:
Driven by your senses, dare
To the edge of longing. Grow
Like a fire's shadowcasting glare
Behind assembled things, so you can spread
Their shapes on me as clothes.
Don't leave me bare.
Let it all happen to you: beauty and dread.
Simply go — no feeling is too much —
And only this way can we stay in touch.
Near here is the land
That they call Life.
You'll know when you arrive
By how real it is.
Give me your hand.
| Scheme | XAAX BXBCXB CDD EXXX E |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110111 0111110101 1101111111 0100111101 1011101 1011101 101011 0101011111 111111 1111 11110111001 101110111 0101111101 11101 1111 111101 11111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 591 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 3, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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