Analysis of A Vow-Day Flower
Michael Earls 1875 – 1937
(POVERTY, CHASTITY, OBEDIENCE)
Three little leaves like shamrock,
And the trefoil's love-lit eyes,
Whether it takes the sunshine
Or the shadows from the skies.
And richer than rose or lily
Is the flower he wears today,
With triune bloom and fragrance
From earth to heaven alway.
Poverty is the low leaf,
And one is chastely white,
And the red love of obedience
Goes up to God a light.
Grow, good flower, and keep him
Who wears your bloom today,
Shadow and sunshine bless him,
And the trefoil's heavenward way.
| Scheme | A XBXB XCAX XDAD ECEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001000100 110111 001111 101101 101101 01011110 10101101 111010 111101 1001011 01111 001110100 111101 1110011 111101 10111 00111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 508 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
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