Analysis of In one day
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
Born in a day, has it ever been heard!
Before she travailed, she gave birth.
Could he bring to the birth and shut the womb?
A nation born in a day.
Poor, contrite spirit, tremble at his word.
Delusions were chosen,
I called, no one would hear.
All are without excuses,
So on them comes their fear.
Joy! On my holy mountain,
On that very day
That I forgive their transgressions,
And wash their sins away.
There will be no more violence,
The lion will eat straw like the ox.
And all will be free from tyranny
And the earth be rid of the pox.
Scheme | A X X B A C X X X C B X B X D X D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111011 0111111 1111010101 0101001 1011010111 010010 111111 1101010 111111 1111010 11101 11011010 011101 11111100 010111101 011111100 00111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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