Analysis of Patience
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Red! Red! Red!
Is there no black?
Red like the bloody earth, this pack!
Knaves! Kings! Queens!- all red!
Where are the black?
Shuffle again!
Will not the other cards come back?
The only cards to clear the brain!
Dear God, ‘twill crack!
Shuffle again!
Red! Red! Red!
Black! Black! Black!
Is there no red?
Has all the blood on earth been shed?
Each Queen! Each King! and every Jack!
Where are the red?
Shuffle again!
Has blood within the world all bled?
The millions mourning for the slain?
The million dead?
Shuffle again!
Black! Black! Black!
Scheme | AbbabCbdbCA BaabaCadaCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1111 11010111 11111 1101 1001 11010111 01011101 1111 1001 111 111 1111 11011111 111101001 1101 1001 11010111 01010101 0101 1001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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