Analysis of A Smoke.
George W Doneghy 1856 ( Union Parish, Louisiana, ) – 1937 (, Little Rock, Arkansas, )
O others may boast of their pleasures galore--
The miser with rapture may count o'er his store,
And some may imagine great happiness there
In the gay shining beam of Society's glare;
But best of all comforts a feller can know,
While wintry winds whistle and fast flies the snow,
Is a pipe after supper, by a bright blazing fire,
Encircled with ringlets that curl high and higher!
O doctors may tell you and others declare
It'll shorten your days and your heart will impair--
That nicotine poison will flow through your veins
And nervous distraction will rack with its pains;
But what cares a feller in slippers and gown,
When wintry winds whistle and snow's pouring down,
With papers and books, and his feet near the fire,
Encircled with ringlets that curl high and higher?
O rare are the fancies, contentment and bliss,
That drive away care in an hour such as this!
When the ills of this life and the things that provoke
Are lost for the while in the blue curling smoke
Of a pipe and tobacco that's yellow as gold,
And raptures supernal the senses unfold.
O give me a chair by a bright blazing fire,
And sweet-smelling ringlets that curl high and higher!
Scheme | aabbccdD bbeeffdD gghhiidd |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111001 010110111011 01101011001 001101101001 11111001011 11011001101 10110101011010 01011111010 11011101001 101011011101 1101011111 01001011111 11101001001 11011001101 110010111010 01011111010 11101001001 110110110111 101111001101 11101001101 10100111011 01101001 111011011010 01101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,162 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 306 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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