Analysis of Be Angry At The Sun
Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
That public men publish falsehoods
Is nothing new. That America must accept
Like the historical republics corruption and empire
Has been known for years.
Be angry at the sun for setting
If these things anger you. Watch the wheel slope and turn,
They are all bound on the wheel, these people, those warriors.
This republic, Europe, Asia.
Observe them gesticulating,
Observe them going down. The gang serves lies, the passionate
Man plays his part; the cold passion for truth
Hunts in no pack.
You are not Catullus, you know,
To lampoon these crude sketches of Caesar. You are far
From Dante's feet, but even farther from his dirty
Political hatreds.
Let boys want pleasure, and men
Struggle for power, and women perhaps for fame,
And the servile to serve a Leader and the dupes to be duped.
Yours is not theirs.
Scheme | XXXX AXXX AXXX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101101 110110100101 1001000100100100 11111 110101110 111101101101 11111011101100 10101010 0111 01110101110100 1111011011 1011 111111 1011110110111 1101110101110 010010 1111001 101100100111 001011010001111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 820 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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