Analysis of Cheery Old Age.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
The old man is not miserable, nay, cheery
For such a grey old fellow. Life's still good,
And he at many points is yet in touch
With the material; and what if now
He has not the old energy to sling
The passion of his nature off, he can
Beat many a fancy from its ambush; tease
A knotty problem with the best; in fine,
Go up and down the thoroughfares of thought,
And nobly don a holiday attire
To suit the season.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111000110 1101110111 0111011101 1001000111 1110110011 0101110111 1100101111 0101010101 110101011 0101010010 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 410 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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