Analysis of Good Friday
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
So we forget? The streets bloom gay
With festive garments, many hued;
And man and maid laugh down the way
With all the joy of life imbued.
Respite from toil, surcease from care
Lend gladness to a merry voice,
As brother cries to brother there,
'Let us rejoice.'
Do we forget? The garden blooms;
Joy beckons from the sunlit hill,
Where now no triple shadow looms
To cast o'er all the earth a chill.
This day is made for carefree souls!
For holiday! For Eastertide! ...
Yet, thro' it all a bell still tolls
For One Who died.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 11010101 01011101 11011101 1011111 1110101 11011101 1101 11010101 1101011 1111011 111010101 1111111 11011 11110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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