Analysis of After the Storm

William Baylebridge 1883 (Brisbane) – 1942



The storm is done--the lightning with its lust
To rend the unhallowed dome in ruin dire;
The purple heaps, from the rank chaos thrust
On sheets of fell and inauspicious fire;
The thunder bellowing loud on every bound;
The hissing bolt, so tossed as to complete
All permutations of Satanic sound;
The flood that opened heaven and ransomed it.
Benign now is that beatific blue.
The flame that fires the hill is now remote
From aught in evil. Clemency anew
--Crowns every leaf, and sings in every throat.
Shall, then, the rage of earth and heaven depart,
And not the rancour of the unsensing heart?


Scheme ABACDEDFGHGHII
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010111 110110101 0101101101 1111001010 010100111001 0101111101 101010101 0111010011 0111111 01110011101 1101010001 110010101001 11011101001 01011011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 603
Words 107
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 472
Words per stanza (avg) 105
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Baylebridge

William Baylebridge, born Charles William Blocksidge, was an Australian poet and short-story writer. Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of George Henry Blocksidge, an auctioneer and estate agent. more…

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