Analysis of When Klopstock England Defied
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
When Klopstock England defied,
Uprose William Blake in his pride;
For old Nobodaddy aloft
. . . and belch'd and cough'd;
Then swore a great oath that made Heaven quake,
And call'd aloud to English Blake.
Blake was giving his body ease,
At Lambeth beneath the poplar trees.
From his seat then started he
And turn'd him round three times three.
The moon at that sight blush'd scarlet red,
The stars threw down their cups and fled,
And all the devils that were in hell,
Answerèd with a ninefold yell.
Klopstock felt the intripled turn,
And all his bowels began to churn,
And his bowels turn'd round three times three,
And lock'd in his soul with a ninefold key; . . .
Then again old Nobodaddy swore
He ne'er had seen such a thing before,
Since Noah was shut in the ark,
Since Eve first chose her hellfire spark,
Since 'twas the fashion to go naked,
Since the old Anything was created . . .
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFG GHHEEIIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001 1101011 11101 0101 1101111101 01011101 11101101 110010101 1111101 0111111 011111101 01111101 010101001 1011011 11011 011100111 011011111 010111011 101111 111110101 11011001 1111011 110101110 101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 11 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 342 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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