Analysis of The Blue Kingfisher
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Where the little river gleaming
Thro' its shadows green and cool
Broadens to the quiet dreaming
Of a little shady pool;
There an azure jewel burning
O'er the waters you may spy,
Never moving never turning:
'Tis the silent fisher,
Head aloft above the river,
With an apathetic air,
Not the smallest quirk nor quiver
Warns you of my presence there.
Mayhap you will thnk me sleeping -
Dreaming summer days away -
Till you mark a keen eye peeping
Where the tell-tale ripples play.
Now a dive, a sudden darting,
Now a flash of gold and blue,
And the placid waters parting
Let my gleaming body thro'.
Then, long ere the ripples, spreading,
Circle to the pool's green lip
Back to safety I am heading;
And the kill is in my grip.
So I haunt the cool, dark places
By the river, from that hour
When the dawn's bright finger traces
Fairy lights about my bower,
Till the western hilltops redden,
Fade, and vanish I am there,
And the far skies, growing leaden,
Bid me seek my secret lair.
Scheme | ABABAXAC CDCDAEAE AXACAFAF GCGCHDHD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 111101 10101010 1010101 11101010 10010111 10101010 101010 10101010 110101 10101110 1111101 1111110 1010101 11101110 1011101 10101010 1011101 00101010 1110101 11101010 1010111 11101110 0011011 11101110 10101110 10111010 10101110 1010110 1010111 00111010 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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