Analysis of Benalla
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
A country lass with rosy cheeks,
A healthy maid with merry ways;
Labor 'mid loveliness she seeks,
And strives to crowd with joy her days.
For she was raised upon a farm;
Upon a farm she grew in grace,
And in that clear air won this charm,
This sweet allure of form and face.
Where she had won the art to grow,
About her house, about her door,
Such loveliness as these days show,
Ask of the years that went before.
But learn she did, as scenes attest
By tree-girt lawn and flowery way,
Even her bridge-heads flank some nest
Of nodding roses, richly gay.
Beyond her home the wheatlands roll,
To yield their tithes upon her dower;
Yet, 'spite her soft, aesthetic soul,
She gives not all to field and flower.
For, show the lass a well-set horse;
Show her a dog with grace or speed;
Set her upon some sunlit course,
And she knows full content indeed.
A country lass with rosy cheeks,
Deft and delightful, who can be
A hostess rare to one who seeks
Her kindly hospitality.
And here she reigns, a queen indeed,
About her flowery realm to ride,
Mounted upon a well-bred steed,
A good hound trotting by her side.
Scheme | Ababcdcd efefghgh ixixjkjk Alalkmkm |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 01011101 101111 01111101 11110101 01011101 00111111 11011101 11110111 01010101 111111 11011101 11111101 111101001 10011111 11010101 0101011 11110101 11010101 111111010 11010111 10011111 1001111 01111001 01011101 10010111 01011111 0100100 01110101 010100111 10010111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,080 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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