Analysis of Judgment

Leslie Coulson 1889 – 1916



So be it, God, I take what Thou dost give,
And gladly give what Thou dost take away.
For me Thy choice is barren days and grey.
Unquestioning Thy ordered days I live,
I do not seek to sift in Reason's sieve -
Thou rangest far beyond our Reason's sway.
We are but poor, uncomprehending clay,
For Thou to mould as Thou dost well conceive.

But when my blanched days of sorrow end,
And this poor clay for funeral is drest,
Then shall my soul to Thy Gold Gate ascend,
Then shall my soul soar up and summon Thee
To tell me why. And as Thou answerest,
So shall I judge Thee, God, not Thou judge me.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 0101111101 1111110101 0100110111 111111011 111011011 111111 1111111101 111111101 0111110011 1111111101 1111110101 11110111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 586
Words 119
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 227
Words per stanza (avg) 59
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Leslie Coulson

Leslie Coulson was an English journalist and a poet of the First World War. more…

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