Analysis of Heaven And Hell
Francis Thompson 1859 (City of Preston, Lancashire) – 1907 (London)
'Tis said there were no thought of hell,
Save hell were taught; that there should be
A Heaven for all's self-credible.
Not so the thing appears to me.
'Tis Heaven that lies beyond our sights,
And hell too possible that proves;
For all can feel the God that smites,
But ah, how few the God that loves!
| Scheme | ABCBDEDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111 11011111 010111100 11010111 1101101101 01110011 11110111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 231 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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