Analysis of The Gardener XLIV: Reverend Sir, Forgive
Reverend sir, forgive this pair of
sinners. Spring winds to-day are
blowing in wild eddies, driving dust
and dead leaves away, and with them
your lessons are all lost.
Do not say, father, that life is a
vanity.
For we have made truce with death
for once, and only for a few fragrant
hours we two have been made immortal.
Even if the king's army came and
fiercely fell upon us we should sadly
shake our heads and say, Brothers,
you are disturbing us. If you must
have this noisy game, go and clatter
your arms elsewhere. Since only for
a few fleeting moments we have been
made immortal.
If friendly people came and flocked
around us, we should humbly bow to
them and say, This extravagant good
fortune is an embarrassment to us.
Room is scarce in the infinite sky
where we dwell. For in the spring-
time flowers come in crowds, and the
busy wings of bees jostle each other.
Our little heaven, where dwell only
we two immortals, is too absurdly
narrow.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKGLCMNOJPQRSTUFMGGV |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101111 1011111 100110101 01101011 110111 111101110 100 1111111 1101010110 1011111010 101011010 1010111110 11010110 110101111 111011010 1111101 011010111 1010 11010101 011111011 101101001 1011010011 111001001 1111001 11010100 1011110110 1010101110 1101011010 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 952 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 748 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 175 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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