Analysis of Jerusalem

Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874



If God so raise the Dead, shall He pass by
The Captive and the immemorable chain?
Fud(ce)a capta!-taken but not slain-
And cursèd not to die-ah, not to die?
Then come out of thine ages, thou art free!
Live but one Greek in old Thermopylæ,
And Greece is saved! Dark stands the Northern Fate
At Europe's open door; upon her nod
To pass that breach a hundred nations wait.
What! shall we meet her with the bayonet?
As the West sets the Sun 'twixt sea and sky
In that Great Gate, Immortal! let us set
Thy doom; quit Destiny with Destiny,
Meet Fate by Fate, and fill the gap with God.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111011111 0100011 110110111 0111111111 1111110111 1111011 0111110101 1101010101 1111010101 111101010 1011011101 0111010111 1111001100 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 576
Words 114
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 441
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sydney Thompson Dobell

Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet and critic, was born at Cranbrook, Kent. more…

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