Analysis of Ommission
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
What man has not betrayed
Some sacred trust?
If haply you are made
Of honest dust,
Vaunt not of glory due,
Of triumph won:
Think, think of duties you
Have left undone.
But if in mercy hope,
Despite your sin,
The gates of Heaven ope'
To let you in:
Pray, pray that when God reads
Your judgement due,
He may forget good deeds
You did not do.
Ommission sins may be
The bitterest,
And wring in memory
A heart opprest;
So when sweet pity pleads,
Let us not rue
Too late, too late Kind Deeds
We did not do.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGCGC HBHAGCGC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1101 11111 1101 111101 1101 111101 1101 110101 0111 011101 1110 111111 1101 110111 1111 1111 0100 010100 011 111101 1111 111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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