Analysis of The Blind God
Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)
Streaked with immortal blasphemies,
Betwixt His twin eternities
The Shaper of mortal destinies
Sits in that limbo of dreamless sleep,
Some nothing that hath shadows deep.
The world is only a small pool
In the meadows of Eternity,
And men like fishes lying cool ;
And the wise man and the fool
In its depths like fishes lie.
When an angel drops a rod
And he draws you to the sky
Will you bear to meet your God
You have streaked with blasphemy ?
| Scheme | AAABB CDCCEFEFD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 01111 01110100 10110111 1101111 01110011 00110100 01110101 0011001 0111101 1110101 0111101 1111111 1111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 438 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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