Analysis of Fate.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
O Thou, who knowest whence we came, and can
Endow a moment with the mood of Man,
When my wan moment like a dream is gone,
Destroy or take me then where I began.
If it be in that moment I have err'd
A thousand times, remember I'm a word
Which Thou hast spoken, and its echoes have
All from Thine own intensity occurr'd.
I am no other than what Thou hast made,
Apprenticed to Thy purpose, like a trade,
I know not why; and if I care or no,
'Tis to Thy purpose, too, how I am paid.
Scheme | AABACDEDFFGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 0101010111 1111010111 0111111101 1110110111 0101010101 1111001101 1111010001 1111011111 0101110101 1111011111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 475 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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