Analysis of An Echo from Kipling's Requiem
Bill Grace 1950 (Freeville, NY)
The strivings on a plane unleavened by Thy vision
mock our pretensions to learn from history's lessons.
Fragile flames we flicker against seven sins that claim us
even stars betray us into faulty navigation.
No easy course your Gospel
the reader called to spirit
the world too maimed to hear it
Thy mercy on thy people - Lord !
| Scheme | ABCADEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010111110 11001011110010 10111001101111 10101101101010 1101110 0101110 0111111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 327 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
About this poem
It was delivered to the Unitarian-Universalist Ministerial Fellowship Committee at preliminary consideration for ministerial fellowship in Berkeley, California in 1979.
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Written on October 01, 1978
Submitted by 1wagmustknow on October 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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