Analysis of Life's Eden.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
'Tis in sooth life's Eden,
We within it;
Love put all the seed in
To begin it,
Made the air to fan it,
Light illumine,
Then put on the planet
Man and woman —
Us with our twin-nature
Dreamy framéd,
One with every creature
Thought has naméd.
Though the fiend find Eden,
Shall he find us?
In the heart so hidden
Love has shrined us,
By no earthly portal
May they enter
Where the life immortal
Has its centre —
Paths that are forbidden
Sin and sorrow,
In the heart of Eden
Love's to-morrow
Walks with feet that trod in
God's endeavor,
With the life of God in
Ours for ever!
| Scheme | ABCBBADAEFEFAGAGHEHEAIAICECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 1011 111010 1011 101111 11 111010 1010 1110110 1011 1110010 1111 101110 1111 001110 1111 111010 1110 101010 1110 111100 1010 001110 1110 111110 1010 101110 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 556 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 28 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 436 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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