Analysis of The Deluge
Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 (Kensington, London) – 1936 (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire)
Though giant rains put out the sun,
Here stand I for a sign.
Though earth be filled with waters dark,
My cup is filled with wine.
Tell to the trembling priests that here
Under the deluge rod,
One nameless, tattered, broken man
Stood up, and drank to God.
Sun has been where the rain is now,
Bees in the heat to hum,
Haply a humming maiden came,
Now let the deluge come:
Brown of aureole, green of garb,
Straight as a golden rod,
Drink to the throne of thunder now!
Drink to the wrath of God.
High in the wreck I held the cup,
I clutched my rusty sword,
I cocked my tattered feather
To the glory of the Lord.
Not undone were the heaven and earth,
This hollow world thrown up,
Before one man had stood up straight,
And drained it like a cup.
Scheme | XAXAXBXB CDXDXBCB EFXFXEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 111101 11111101 111111 110100111 100101 11010101 110111 11110111 100111 1010101 110101 11100111 110101 11011101 110111 10011101 111101 1111010 1010101 101001001 110111 01111111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 747 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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