Analysis of Days
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I am a Day . . .
My sky is grey,
My wind is wild,
My sea high-piled:
In year of days the first
In misery . . .
Oh pity me!
I am a Day
Accurst.
"Sweet Day, not curst but blest:
Behold upon my breast
My baby born
Your early morn.
Safe in my arms alway . . .
Oh precious Day,
let tempest be,
You are to me
In heart of mine
Divine."
* * * * * * *
I am a Day . . .
From dawn's pure ray
Like to a peerless gem
In summer's diadem,
My sky so softly dreams,
my breeze is bland:
My sea is blue and creams
Upon the sand,
Behold! Of days the Queen
I reign serene.
"Oh Day, not blest but curst!
Let savage storm-rack burst,
i will not care . . .
For Lo! I bear
My baby's coffin to the height.
Ah! Would it were the foulest night
To match my mood''s
Ingratitude.
I cannot not pray . . .
Go your fell way,
Accursed Day!"
Scheme | AabbcddAa eeffxaddgg Aahhijijkk acllmmiaaaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1111 1111 1111 011101 0100 1101 1101 1 111111 010111 1101 1101 10111 1101 1101 1111 0111 01 1 1101 1111 110101 01010 111101 1111 111101 0101 011101 1101 111111 110111 1111 1111 11010101 1110011 1111 1 11011 1111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 1, 10, 11 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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