Analysis of Fruit of Earth
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
The winds that blow about the world
(Said Old George Jones)
See here all hope to ruin hurled,
See there triumphant flags unfurled,
Over chance-favored zones.
And no man's wisdom, no man's might
Foresees, much les controls
Some little breeze born of the night
That brings perchance a sudden blight
Or balm for tortured souls.
But growin' things and sowin' things
And watchin' of 'em grow
Not hastenin' things or slowin' things
Nor seekin' to be knowin' things
That men may never know.
'Tis so the kind earth pays a man
'Tis so content is made.
Not work, but worry slays a man;
I take what tricks Fate plays a man
An' sticks to Adam's trade.
The fears that creep about the earth
Vague fears and short-lived joys
What in reckonin' are they worth?
Too quickly swayed by grief or mirth
We live like foolish boys.
Year in, year out, earth mothers us
And offers livelihood,
This year ill fortune bothers us
Next year her bounty smothers us:
The sum of all is good.
'Tis futile man proposes things;
But Nature goes her ways
And God alone disposes things,
And Time alone discloses things
That rule our future says.
Earth yields me her fertility
And till she takes my bones,
I'll nought of man's futility.
For peace bides in humility
(Said Old George Jones).
Scheme | aBaabcdccd efeefghggh ijiijklkkl exeexmbmmB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 01110101 1111 11111101 11010101 101101 01110111 011101 11011101 11010101 111101 111011 01111 111111 111111 111101 11011101 111011 11110101 11111101 111101 01110101 110111 101111 11011111 111101 10111101 01010 11110101 11010101 011111 11010101 110101 01010101 01010101 1110101 11100100 011111 11110100 11100100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,223 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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