Analysis of Design
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Said Seeker of the skies to me:
"Behold yon starry host ashine!
When Heaven's harmony you see
How can you doubt control divine,
Law, order and design?"
"Nay, Sire," said I, "I do not doubt
The spheres in cosmic pattern spin;
But what I try to puzzle out
Is that--if Law and Order win
Where does mere man come in?
"If to the millionth of a hair
Cause and Effect are welded true,
Then there's no leeway anywhere,
And all we do we have to do,
And sun and atom too."
O Stars, sing in your harmony!
O Constellations raptly shine!
Flout me because I am not free,
Mock me because no choice is mine!
O Beauty, it so hurts to see!
--O damnable Design!
Scheme | ABABB CBCBB DEDEE ABABAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 0111011 11010011 11110101 110001 110111111 01010101 11111101 11110101 111110 11010101 10011101 111110 01111111 010101 11101100 1010101 11011111 11011111 11011111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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