Analysis of The Two Poets
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Two poets were born where the skies were fair,
To live in the land thereafter;
And one was a singer of sorrow and care,
And one was a bard of laughter.
With simple measure and simple word,
The feelings of mankind voicing –
And light hearts listened and sad hearts heard,
And they went on their way rejoicing.
The glad rejoiced that the world was gay –
Who took no thought of the morrow-
And it ever has lightened the sad hearts’ way
To hear of another’s’ sorrow.
The poets died when none were aware,
(For no one could see the token)
That light of heart was the bard of care,
But the heart of the other was broken.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1100110101 11001010 01101011001 01101110 110100101 01011110 011100111 011111010 010110111 11111010 01101100111 111110 010111001 11111010 111110111 1011010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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