Analysis of On Nature
How nature by herself assumes a face
Strange to behold, commingled with surprise
Yet such has been and such will be the case
Old names extinguished then new names arise.
In heaven's conclave all above, around
Some stars, worn out, have ceased to shine or burn
Old stars have vanished while new ones are found
And some, relumed, to their old posts return.
Two wheels has nature constantly in play
What one creates, subsists, which we adore,
She turns the other one a different way
By this destruction wheel it's crushed once more.
Again, new modeled, destined to revive
Again to perish but again alive.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 1101011101 010110101 1111111111 1111011111 011111101 1111010001 110111101 11010101001 1101011111 0111010101 0111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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