Analysis of Sursum Corda
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
Seek not the Spirit, if it hide,
Inexorable to thy zeal:
Baby, do not whine and chide;
Art thou not also real?
Why should'st thou stoop to poor excuse?
Turn on the Accuser roundly; say,
"Here am I, here will I remain
Forever to myself soothfast,
Go thou, sweet Heaven, or, at thy pleasure stay."—
Already Heaven with thee its lot has cast,
For it only can absolutely deal.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1000111 1011101 111101 111111101 110010101 11111101 010111 11110111101 01010111111 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 283 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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