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
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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Andrew Lang

Andrew Richard Lang FRS CBE was a British scientist and crystallographer. more…

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