Analysis of Brother Wind
Alice Guerin Crist 1876 (Clare Castle) – 1941 (Toowoomba)
“I thank my god for brother wind,”
So prayed St. Francis long ago
In words of simple, joyous praise,
That fill my heart with sudden glow
As-braced by winter’s icy draught-
With singing soul, and strengthened mind,
I humbly join the good Saint’s prayer
Thank my God for “Brother Wind.”
For Brother Wind, who, whispering soft
Brings subtlest perfume on his wings,
The violet scent of childhood days,
The lost delight in simple things;
For Brother wind, who whistling keen
O’er open plain and storm-scarred hill,
Cleanses from mind, and heart, and brain,
All thoughts of wrong, and ancient ill.
Who wafts from scarce-stirred lily beds
Incense of early purity,
Or wakes to life our laggard souls
With stinging fragrance of the sea.
Echoes of Heaven, far-off and faint
For weary heart and tired mind,
Sweet long-lost memories, old and quaint-
These are the gifts of Brother Wind.
Ah! Dear St. Francis, let me kneel
Before thy shrine with joyous mind
Joining my humble, grateful prayer,
Thanking our God for Brother Wind.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 11110101 01110101 11111101 11110101 11010101 11010111 1111101 110111001 1101111 01001111 01010101 11011101 11010111 1110101 11110101 11111101 01110100 111110101 11010101 101101101 11010101 111100101 11011101 11110111 01111101 10110101 101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,010 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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