Analysis of Seddon
George Essex Evans 1863 (London) – 1909 (Toowoomba)
When from his place a forest monarch falls,
A thunder shakes the leafy leagues across,
Reverberating to its utmost walls:
So through an Empire rings this sound of loss.
Still, as of old, the kingless forest-aisles
We see—but not the strength that was their fame:
So, at Death’s voice, far from his kingless aisles
The last Great Tribune answers to his name.
Nature, that builds great minds for mighty tasks,
Sculptured his frame to match the soul within;
Taught him how wisdom wields the power it asks;
For each new conquest set him more to win.
Rough-hewn was he for power, a massive mould,
Broad-brained, far-sighted, honourable, free
From narrowing envy, with a heart of gold
As wide and deep and dominant as the sea.
He passes, but his memory is power.
Behind him lives the good that none may stay;
His name remains a beacon-light, a tower
By which all feebler hearts may guide their way.
Come, let us follow him with reverent feet,
With fern and rata twine the wattle fair;
Tread soft: a mighty heart has ceased to beat
And one of Nature’s kings is sleeping there.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 111101011 0101010101 01001111 11110011111 111101101 1111011111 111111111 0111010111 1011111101 1011110101 11110101011 1111011111 11111100101 1111011 11001010111 11010100101 11011100110 0111011111 11010101010 111111111 11110111001 1101010101 1101011111 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,065 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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