Analysis of Natural Theology
Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)
'Once CAGN was like a father, kind and good,
But He was spoiled by fighting many things;
He wars upon the lions in the wood,
And breaks the Thunder-bird's tremendous wings;
But still we cry to Him,--'We are thy brood -
O Cagn, be merciful!' and us He brings
To herds of elands, and great store of food,
And in the desert opens water-springs.'
So Qing, King Nqsha's Bushman hunter, spoke,
Beside the camp-fire, by the fountain fair,
When all were weary, and soft clouds of smoke
Were fading, fragrant, in the twilit air:
And suddenly in each man's heart there woke
A pang, a sacred memory of prayer.
Scheme | ABABCBCB DEDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1111110101 1101010001 0101010101 1111111111 1111000111 111101111 0001010101 111110101 01011010101 1101001111 010100011 0100011111 0101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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