Analysis of Acceptance
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Beside the doors of a keen-lighted hall
I paused, and quite by chance
I noticed Love
Smiling and tall;
And then I heard the whirling dance,
And saw the dismal skies above.
She called to me to know her yet again,
And know her pale sad friend,
Solemn with tears;
Her friend was Pain.
I moved away, but in the end
Returned, fearing the empty years.
And I, who thought to scoff, and had so planned,
I took Love’s fevered arm,
And felt Pain’s breath.
I took Love’s hand,
And kissed its shining palm,
And saw beyond the silent face of Death.
Scheme | ABCABC XDXXDX EXFEXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101101 110111 1101 1001 01110101 01010101 1111110101 010111 1011 0111 11011001 01100101 0111110111 111101 0111 1111 011101 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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