Analysis of To A Blue Flower

John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)



I would be dismal with all the fine pearls of the crown of a king;
But I can talk plainly to you, you little blue flower of the Spring!
Here in the heart of September the world that I walk in is full
Of the hot happy sound of the shearing, the rude heavy scent of the wool.
Soon would I tire of all riches or honours or power that they fling;
But you are my own, of my own folk, you little blue flower of the Spring!
I was around by the cherries to-day; all the cherries are pale:
The world is a woman in velvet: the air is the colour of ale.
I would be dismal with all the fine pearls of the crown of a king;
But I can give love-talk to you, you little blue flower of the Spring!


Scheme AabbaaccAa
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011011101101 11111011110110101 1001101001111011 101101101001101101 11110111011110111 111111111110110101 1101101011101011 0110100100110111 1111011011101101 11111111110110101
Characters 679
Words 145
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 52
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 520
Words per stanza (avg) 143
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Shaw Neilson

John Shaw Neilson was an Australian poet. Slightly built, for most of his life he worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working as a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Melbourne. he died when he was 70 years old. more…

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