Analysis of Blistering God



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
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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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane was an American politician from Elizabethtown who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. more…

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