Analysis of Baptism In Lake Allumette
Oh Allumette, hemmed with thy fringe of pine,
Watched over by thy mountains far away,
Thy waters have been troubled oftentime,
Never before as they have been to day!
The red man on the war path, with light stroke,
Hath cleaved thy waters moving stealthily;
Hunter and hunted deer thy surface broke
With splash and struggle of the living prey.
Across thy bosom venturous Champlain
And faithful Brule have pursued their way;
Seeking for distant golden Indian vain
Finding Coulonge while searching for Cathay
The knights of industry the sons of toil,
Trouble thy waters in the eager strife
To win success and wealth, the glittering spoil
For which men daily peril more than life
'Twas a new motive from their homes to day
That drew an eager wondering people out,
Like those who from Mount Zion took their way,
From Judah and the regions round about
It might have been the Jordan flowed along
Or that, sweet stream where people met for prayer,
Still expectation held the gathering throng
By the lake shore, in the hushed Sabbath air
And earnest, fervent pleading prayer was made
Rose the sweet strains of the old Scottish psalm
And words of witness for God s truth were said,
The only sound that broke the sacred calm
Then down into the waters of the lake,
The preacher and believer slowly came,
Not heeding scornful words for His dear sake,
Who bore the cross for us despised the shame
Buried with Him by baptism to death
Following the path which He the Sa lour trod,
To rise with Him to that new life He saith
He hath laid up for us with Christ in God
Scheme | XABA CDCA EAEA DFDF AGAG HIHI XBXB JBJB KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (78%) |
Metre | 11111111 1101110101 11011101 1001111111 0111011111 11110101 1001011101 1101010101 01110101 010110111 10110101001 101110101 0111000111 1011000101 11010101001 1111010111 1011011111 11110100101 1111110111 1100010101 1111010101 1111110111 1010101001 1011001101 0101010111 1011101101 01110111101 0101110101 1101010101 0100010101 1101011111 1101110101 1011110011 10001110111 1111111111 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,538 |
Words | 288 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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