The Song’s End
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Where will the song end? Here?
Here by the stretching arc
Red-rimmed and clear>
Or there in the dark?
Where will the song end?
Here, where the lizard sticks its tongue
Into the wide air?
Or there with a friend?
Where will the last note be sung?
Here, or there?
How will the song end? High?
Hight with a fighting ring
Through the wild sky
Re-echoing?
How will the tune cease?
Slow-droned beneath a quiet heaven?
With a dead foe?
Or ‘mid bells of peace?
How will the last note be given?
High, or low?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXABCDBCD EFEFGHIGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
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