Analysis of A Wayside Cross
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
A WAYSIDE cross at set of day
Unto my sprit thus did say—
"O soul, my branching arms you see
Point four ways to infinity.
"One points to infinite above,
5
To show the height of heavenly love.
"Two point to infinite width, which shows
That heavenly love no limit knows.
"One points to infinite beneath,
To show God's love is under death.
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"The four arms join, an emblem sweet
That in God's heart all loves will meet."
I thanked the cross as I turned away
For such sweet thoughts in the twilight grey.
| Scheme | AABB CDCEE XXD FFAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111 1011111 11110111 11110100 11110001 1 110111001 111100111 110011101 11110001 11111101 1 01111101 10111111 110111101 11110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 496 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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