Analysis of Intellectuals
Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Is it so hard for men to stand by themselves,
They must hang on Marx or Christ, or mere Progress?
Clearly it is hard. But these ought to be leaders . . .
Sheep leading sheep, 'The fold, the fold.
Night comes, and the wolves of doubt.' Clearly it is hard.
Yourself, if you had not encountered and loved
Our unkindly all but inhuman God,
Who is very beautiful and too secure to want worshippers,
And includes indeed the sheep with the wolves,
You too might have been looking about for a church.
He includes the flaming stars and pitiable flesh,
And what we call things and what we call nothing.
He is very beautiful. But when these lonely have travelled
Through long thoughts to redeeming despair,
They are tired and cover their eyes; they flock into fold.
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Metre | 11111111101 1111111111 101111111110 11010101 110011110111 01111101001 101110101 1110100010111100 0010101101 111111001101 1010101010001 01111011110 111010011110110 111101001 11100101111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 748 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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