Analysis of A Look At The Heavens.
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
O who can witness with a careless eye
The countless lamps that light an evening sky,
And not be struck with wonder at the sight!
To think what mighty Power must there abound,
That burns each spangle with a steady light,
And guides each hanging world its rolling round.
What multitudes my misty eye have found;
The countless numbers speak a Deity:
In numbers numberless the skies are crown'd,
And still they're nothing which my sight can see,
When science, searching through her aiding glass,
In seeming blanks to me can millions trace;
While millions more, that every heart impress,
Still brighten up throughout eternal space.
O Power Almighty! whence these beings shine,
All wisdom's lost in comprehending thine.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 0101111101 0111110101 11110101101 1111010101 0111011101 110110111 0101010100 01010111 0111011111 1101010101 0101111101 11011100101 1101010101 11001011101 11100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 574 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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