Analysis of A Parable From Liebig
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
The church bells were ringing, the devil sat singing
On the stump of a rotting old tree;
'Oh faith it grows cold, and the creeds they grow old,
And the world is nigh ready for me.'
The bells went on ringing, a spirit came singing,
And smiled as he crumbled the tree;
'Yon wood does but perish new seedlings to cherish,
And the world is too live yet for thee.'
| Scheme | ABXB ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011010010110 101101011 11111001111 001111011 011110010110 01111001 111110110110 001111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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