Analysis of Inscription
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
DAY after day,
As I have wandered thro' the fields of life—
Gay, happy fields, bright with the sun and sky—
Flower after flower
Has bloomed beside my path;
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And I have gathered them, a long-loved handful,
Which I offer now
To the unpitying, cruel-laughing world.
And some are gay,
Sparkling with joy and the bright sun of hope;
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And some are sad,
Dipped in the crimson of the setting sun,
Or blasted by the cold of winter winds;
Buy all the roots
Are down, far down, within the spirit's depths,
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Amid the voiceless shadows of the soul,
And each has sprung
From the warm life-blood throbbing in my heart
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1111010111 1101110101 101010 110111 1 0111010111 11101 10110101 0111 1011001111 1 0111 1001010101 1101011101 1101 1111010101 1 010101101 0111 1011110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 471 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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