Analysis of Certitude
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
There was a time when I was confident
That God's stupendous mystery of birth
Was mine to know. The wonder of it lent
New ecstasy and glory to the earth.
I heard no voice that uttered it aloud,
Nor was it written for me on a scroll;
Yet, if alone or in the common crowd,
I felt myself a consecrated soul.
My child leaped in its dark and silent room
And cried, 'I am,' though all unheard by men.
So leaps my spirit in the body's gloom
And cries, 'I live! I shall be born again.'
Elate with certitude towards death I go,
Nor doubt, nor argue, since I know, I know!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111100 1101010011 1111010111 1100010101 1111110101 1111011101 1101100101 11101001 1110110101 0111110111 1111000101 0111111101 0111001111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 556 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 426 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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