Analysis of Fool Faith
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Said I: "See yon vast heaven shine,--
What earthly sight diviner?
Before such radiant Design
Why doubt Designer?"
Said he: "Design is just a thought
In human cerebration,
And meaningless if Man is not
Part of creation.
"But grant Design,--we may imply
The job took toil aplenty;
Then why one sole designer, why
Not ten or twenty.
"But should there be one Source supreme
Of matter and of motion,
Why mould it like our man-machine
For daft devotion?"
Said I: "You may be right or wrong,
I'll seek not to discover . . .
I listen to yon starry song,--
Still, still God's lover."
Scheme | ABAB XAXC DEDE XCXC FBFB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11111101 11011 01110001 11010 11011101 0101 01001111 11010 11011101 0111010 11110101 11110 11111101 1100110 111110101 11010 11111111 1111010 11011101 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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