Analysis of God-Seeking

William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)



God-seeking thou hast journeyed far and nigh.
On dawn-lit mountain-tops thy soul did yearn
To hear His trailing garments wander by;
And where 'mid thunderous glooms great sunsets burn,
Vainly thou sought'st His shadow on sea and sky;
Or gazing up, at noontide, could'st discern
Only a neutral heaven's indifferent eye
And countenance austerely taciturn.

Yet whom thou soughtest I have found at last;
Neither where tempest dims the world below
Nor where the westering daylight reels aghast
In conflagrations of red overthrow:
But where this virgin brooklet silvers past,
And yellowing either bank the king-cups blow.


Scheme ABABABAB CDCDCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 1111011111 1111010101 0111001111 10111111101 1101111101 10010100101 01001010 111111111 1011010101 11011101 011110 111101101 01001010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 610
Words 99
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 250
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Watson

William Watson, was a surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. more…

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