Analysis of Bell Upon Organ

George MacDonald 1824 (Huntly) – 1905 (Ashtead)



It's all very well,
Said the Bell,
To be the big Organ below!
But the folk come and go,
Said the Bell,
And you never can tell
What sort of person the Organ will blow!
And, besides, it is much at the mercy of the weather
For 'tis all made in pieces and glued together!

But up in my cell
Next door to the sky,
Said the Bell,
I dwell
Very high;
And with glorious go
I swing to and fro;
I swing swift or slow,
I swing as I please,
With summons or knell;
I swing at my ease,
Said the Bell:
Not the tallest of men
Can reach up to touch me,
To smirch me or smutch me,
Or make me do what
I would not be at!
And, then,
The weather can't cause me to shrink or increase:
I chose to be made in one perfect piece!


Scheme aAbbAabcc adAadbbbeaeAfggxxfhh
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 101 11011001 101101 101 011011 1111001011 00111110101010 111101001010 11011 11101 101 11 101 011001 11101 11111 11111 11011 11111 101 101011 111111 111111 11111 11111 01 01011111101 1111101011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 680
Words 152
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 20
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 262
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 19, 2023

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George MacDonald

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