Analysis of To One in Grief
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
SIMON the Cyrenean bore
The Cross of Christ up Calvary Hill.
Blessed be Simon's lot before
Honour and ease and world's good-will
You,--you would choose his lot above
All gifts and glories, yea, all love!
Now when for your two glorious men
Your heart is broken, and your joy
On earth shall not be built again,--
Oh, what a lover, what a boy !--
Dear heart, look up! Who helps you on
The way that you must walk alone ?
For when the Cross that you must bear
Galls your poor shoulders till they bleed,
And when the thorns are on your hair,
And Love-lies-bleeding: then indeed
One will come stepping light and take
The tears the burden, the heart-break.
Happy is she who to Thine ears
Pours all her lamentations! Yea,
When Thou dost wipe away her tears
And healing words of comfort say.
Thou makest Thy Cross both sweet and light
For souls like hers that walk in white.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEXX FGFGHH XIXIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011 011111001 1110101 1010111 11111101 11010111 111111001 11110011 11111101 11010101 11111111 01111101 11011111 11110111 01011111 01110101 11110101 01010011 10111111 11011 11110101 01011101 11111101 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 865 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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