Analysis of From The Conflict Of Convictions
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
The Ancient of Days forever is young,
Forever the scheme of Nature thrives;
I know a wind in purpose strong--
It spins _against_ the way it drives.
What if the gulfs their slimed foundations
bare?
So deep must the stones be hurled
Whereon the throes of ages rear
The final empire and the happier world.
Power unanointed may come--
Dominion (unsought by the free)
And the Iron Dome,
Stronger for stress and strain,
Fling her huge shadow athwart the main;
But the Founders' dream shall flee.
Age after age has been,
(From man's changeless heart their way they
win);
And death be busy with all who strive--
Death, with silent negative.
_Yea and Nay--_
_Each hath his say;_
_But God He keeps the middle way._
_None was by_
_When He spread the sky;_
_Wisdom is vain, and prophecy._
Scheme | ABXBXXCXC XDXEEDFXFXX XBXXAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101011 010011101 11010101 1110111 110111010 1 1110111 1011101 010100001001 10111 0101101 00101 101101 10110101 1010111 110111 1111111 1 011101111 1110100 1011 1111 11110101 111 11101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 11, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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