Analysis of Rendezvous
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Long before the dawn breaks
With a bird's cry,
I'll be hustling on the wind
Out where you lie -
Hurrying to our rendezvous
Under the April sky.
I'll step from out the sea again
To the shoulder of the land,
And pass the dead boy where he lies
Prone on the tideless strand,
Treading lightly lest I move
His fingers in the sand.
Do you remember how you stopped
After the sudden climb,
Sniffing the air as one who comes
On a holy thing sublime?
I'll meet you where the breeze brought
The first sent of thyme.
I'll meet you where we yearned that morn.
Under the April sky,
Waiting on our bellies there
For the battle cry.
I'll meet you where I left you there
Lying all awry.
You said, "We will continue the
Discussion by and by."
If I could but remember what
We spoke of, you and I!
Scheme | x a x a x A x b x b x b x c x c x c x A d a d a x a x a |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011 1011 11100101 1111 10011010 100101 11110101 1010101 01011111 11011 1010111 110001 11010111 100101 10011111 1010101 1111011 01111 11111111 100101 10110101 10101 11111111 10101 11110100 010101 11110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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