Analysis of The Moon Flower
Lala Fisher 1872 (Rockhampton) – 1929
I know a valley- through its solitude
A brown road winds towards a mountain crest;
There gnarly ti-trees dripping sweetness rest,
And grasses bend, too heavily bedowed.
In that still valley by the still lagoon,
A ruined homestead for her secret shrine,
Dwells Beauty's self, half-earthly, half-devine-
Thrilling, I saw her waken to the moon.
In peaks of emerald the cactus crept,
And there o'er rafters falling to decay,
A miracle of flowers, spray on spray,
Burst into perfect life while nature slept.
First a slim silver riband from the sky
Uncurled green fronds from each imprisoned bud,
Then, one by one, bathed in the beaming flood,
Like ghost-notes in a spirit litany.
They blossomed out before my eyes,
Great chalices of snow filled up with light;
Set in the mystic radiance of night
They seemed a vision from immortal skies.
Hidden in shadow near the still lagoon
Nightly I worship at a secret shrine,
There on a ruin- lily-white, devine,
Is beauty lying naked to the moon!
Scheme | ABBACDDCEFFEGHHIJKKJCDDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110 0111010101 1101110101 010111001 0111010101 010110101 111110101 1011010101 011100101 01101010101 0100110111 1010111101 101101101 111110101 1111100101 1110010100 11010111 11111111 1001010011 1101010101 100110101 1011010101 1101010101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 966 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 777 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 168 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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