Analysis of Poetry
Claude McKay 1889 (Clarendon Parish) – 1948 (Chicago)
Sometimes I tremble like a storm-swept flower,
And seek to hide my tortured soul from thee.
Bowing my head in deep humility
Before the silent thunder of thy power.
Sometimes I flee before thy blazing light,
As from the specter of pursuing death;
Intimidated lest thy mighty breath,
Windways, will sweep me into utter night.
For oh, I fear they will be swallowed up--
The loves which are to me of vital worth,
My passion and my pleasure in the earth--
And lost forever in thy magic cup!
I fear, I fear my truly human heart
Will perish on the altar-stone of art!
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFEGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101110 0111110111 1011010100 01010101110 0111011101 1101010101 010011101 111101101 1111111101 0111111101 1100110001 0101001101 1111110101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 439 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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