Analysis of Lines Written in Hospital
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Upon a snowy bed I lie,
Too placid to complain,
And watch the mad world rushing by
Beyond my window-pane,
The traffic threading in and out
And wonder what it's all about.
I watch the loaded tramcars stream
By dozens into town,
With men, each thinking of some scheme
To take his neighbour down;
Each woman wond'ring what she'll buy
At Frill and Fluffum's bye and bye.
Down in the street I hear the talk
Of people passing by,
They chatter, chatter as they walk
Of all thins 'neath the sky
Of trade, of sport, of foolish things
That lack of clear reflection brings.
Placid I said I was - but no;
For all this seems to me
This madly rushing to and fro
Just sheer futility.
And, as I choke with rising wrath,
The nurse says, 'Time to take your broth.'
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEAA FAFAGG HIHIXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 110101 01011101 011101 01010001 01011101 1101011 110011 11110111 11111 11011111 1101101 10011101 110101 11010111 111101 11111101 11110101 10111111 111111 11010101 110100 01111101 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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