Analysis of The Skylark's Message
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
SWEET little upturned faces,
Poor little hands and feet,
Little eyes that are careworn and anxious
From hunger and want in the street,
Hear ye that skylark singing
5
Like an angel far away?
'Tis bringing to you a message
From the Golden Gates of day.
Ah, little know ye of the meadows,
Poor little blistered feet,
10
Down in the smoke of the city,
Down in the noise of the street!
But it sings of a better country,
Where tired little hearts can rest;
Of a sun that shines for ever,
15
And the love of a Father's breast.
O poor little weary spirits,
I would that ye knew its song,
For the world is very heartless,
And your journey may be long;
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And ye need such heavenly music
To cheer you in the night,
Little hearts that are now so noble,
Little souls that are now so white.
I would that ye heard it always,
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That sweet bird's voice within,
When the heart is sad and lonely
In the long, long struggle with sin;
Till a rest comes out of the sunset
For the labouring hands and feet,
30
And a silence has fallen for ever
On the noise and the dust of the street.
Scheme | ABCBDEFGFHBEIBIJKEJLMCMENOPOQERIRSBEKB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 110101 101111010 11001001 111110 1 1110101 11011010 1010111 11011101 110101 1 10011010 1001101 111101010 11010111 10111110 1 00110101 11101010 1111111 10111010 0110111 1 011110010 111001 101111110 10111111 1111111 1 111101 10111010 00111011 10111101 101101 1 0010110110 101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 38 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 825 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 209 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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