Analysis of Blistering God
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Blustering God,
Stamping across the sky
With loud swagger,
I fear You not.
No, though from Your highest heaven
You plunge Your spear at my heart,
I fear You not.
No, not if the blow
Is as the lightning blasting a tree,
I fear You not, puffing braggart.
If Thou canst see into my heart
That I fear Thee not,
Thou wilt see why I fear Thee not,
And why it is right.
So threaten not, Thou, with Thy bloody spears,
Else Thy sublime ears shall hear curses.
Withal, there is One whom I fear:
I fear to see grief upon that face.
Perchance, friend, He is not your God;
If so, spit upon Him.
By it you will do no profanity.
But I --
Ah, sooner would I die
Than see tears in those eyes of my soul.
Scheme | abxCxdCxea dccxxx xxaxebbx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001 100101 1110 1111 11111010 1111111 1111 11101 110101001 1111101 11110111 11111 11111111 01111 1101111101 110111110 1111111 111110111 01111111 111011 1111110100 11 110111 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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