Analysis of Science

Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)



Man, introverted man, having crossed
In passage and but a little with the nature of things this latter
century
Has begot giants; but being taken up
Like a maniac with self-love and inward conflicts cannot manage
his hybrids.
Being used to deal with edgeless dreams,
Now he's bred knives on nature turns them also inward: they
have thirsty points though.
His mind forebodes his own destruction;
Actaeon who saw the goddess naked among leaves and his hounds
tore him.
A little knowledge, a pebble from the shingle,
A drop from the oceans: who would have dreamed this infinitely
little too much?


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMCN
Poetic Form
Metre 11001101 01001010101011110 100 10110110101 1010111010011010 110 10111111 11111101110101 11011 11111010 11101010011011 11 010100101010 011010111111000 1011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 586
Words 103
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 477
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Robinson Jeffers

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. more…

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