Analysis of Invocation
BREATHE thro' me in music,
Spirit of the time!
Pregnant with the future,
Spirit of the time!
As the west wind sougheth,
Through the swaying pine,
Sweep tho' all my branches
With thy song divine.
Nations now are rolling
Onward, as the sea
Which the moon upheaveth,
Thus upheaved by thee.
Muffled mutt'ring groweth
Louder on the air!
Like a lion roaring,
Rising from his lair.
As the anthem surgeth
Through cathedral aisles,
Swells the voice of nations
Over miles of miles.
As the thunder growleth
In yon cloud afar,
In their bosoms broodeth
The black bolt of war.
Snap in twain your fetters,
Cleave your ancient yoke,
Burst the gloom of ages
With the lightning stroke.
Clap on clap, down-crashing,
Clatter crowd on crowd,
From Venetia's dungeons,
From the Roman shroud;
From the graves of Poland,
From Germania's plains,
From the death-pollution
Of imperial chains.
Feel yourselves as brothers,
Dare to think ye free;
And in dust will shiver
Thrones of tyranny.
Like night's phantoms, with'ring
'Neath the glance of dawn,
Kings and priests dissolveth
Your full-flashing frown.
Forward, sons of morning,
With a sacred ire!
Lead ye, like Jehovah,
In a pillar of fire.
Through the dreary desert,
Through the burning sand
Till, on shores of promise
And of peace, ye land.
Where a purer people,
Led by laws innate,
Shall, towards the heavens,
Tower in grander state.
Breathe and blow in music;
On, from clime to clime;
Baptize, with the Holy Spirit
Spirit of the time.
Scheme | aBcB defe ghdd digi djkj dxdx lmfm gnkn xoxo lhch gxdx gxxc xpxp xqkq abxB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 10101 101010 10101 10111 10101 111110 11101 101110 10101 1011 1111 10111 10101 101010 10111 10101 10101 101110 10111 10101 01101 0111 01111 101110 11101 101110 10101 111110 10111 1110 10101 101110 111 101010 101001 101110 11111 001110 11100 111011 10111 1011 11101 101110 10101 111010 0010110 101010 10101 111110 01111 101010 11101 101010 100101 101010 11111 01101010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,423 |
Words | 253 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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