Analysis of Sacrifice
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I gave an eye to save from night
A babe born blind;
And now with eager semi-sight
Vast joy I find
To think a child can share with me
Earth ecstasy!
Delight of dawn with dewy gleam
On damask rose;
Crimson and gold as pennons stream
Where sunset flows;
And sight most nigh to paradise,
Star-studded skies.
Ah! How in old of age I feel,
E'er end my days,
Could I star-splendoured sky reveal
To childish gaze,
Not one eye would I give, but two,--
Well, wouldn't you?
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEXX FGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 0111 01110101 1111 11011111 1100 01111101 1101 1001111 111 0111110 1101 11011111 10111 1111101 1101 11111111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 543 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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