Analysis of The Pentagram
Aleister Crowley 1875 (Leamington Spa) – 1947 (Hastings)
[Dedicated to George Raffalovich]
In the Years of the Primal Course, in the dawn of terrestrial
birth,
Man mastered the mammoth and horse, and Man was the
Lord of the Earth.
He made him an hollow skin from the heart of an holy tree,
He compassed the earth therien, and Man was the Lord of
the Sea.
He controlled the vigour of steam, he harnessed the light-
ning for hire;
He drove the celestial team, and man was the Lord of the
Fire.
Deep-mouthed from their thrones deep-seated, the choirs
of the æeons declare
The last of the demons defeated, for Man is the Lord of
the Air.
Arise, O Man, in thy strength! the kingdom is thine to
inherit,
Till the high gods witness at lenght that Man is the Lord
of his spirit.
Scheme | X XABA CDC XEBE XFDF XGXG |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1000111 0011010100110100 1 110010010110 1101 111110110111101 110110011011 01 101011111001 1110 11001010110110 10 1111111001 101001 011010010111011 01 0111011010111 010 1011101111101 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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