Analysis of Magnanimity
Sacrifice is not the ice,
Of real hearts, cold and dread,
One gives and knows that purpose follows
Offerings sent ahead.
Children eat and lame ones walk,
All spurred by intense flames
That burn along the edges
Of the generous and the tame.
If aid supplies a spirit
With incentive, first to rise,
Then all that came and went before
Lies harnessed down to size.
Donate, give, present, bequeath,
It’s there for all to see,
We give, we get, we give again,
We’re all that we can be!
c. by Lena Smith Carter, Poetic Universalisms I, 2006.
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 111101 110111010 100101 1010111 111011 1101010 10100001 1101010 1010111 11110101 110111 111001 111111 11111101 011111 111011001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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