Analysis of The True Dawn
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
Go, false dawn, that cometh as a child
With yellow curls!
Hast never known the wild
Unhallowed cry of night!
Go hence!
I did not wish for pearls
Of dimpled innocence
Upon this floor.
Go! They blinding light
But leaves the darkness deeper than before.
Go, false dawn, that cometh as a bride
In virgin white
And brimming eyes so wide
With trust, and void of fears!
Depart!
Thou hast not known the night!
Repose thy willing heart
At whiter stairs.
Go! Before thy tears
Bestain they veil, and deepen these my cares.
Come, true dawn, that creepeth from the foul
Unclean abyss
With weary arms! The cowl
Is as the cowl of night.
Art here!
I feel thy tired kiss.
And feel each falling tear
Upon these sands.
Come! Thy glimmered light
Shall guide my eyes, and guide my trembling
hands.
Scheme | ABACXBXDCD ECEXFCFGGG HIHCXIXJCXJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101 1101 110101 1111 11 111111 110100 0111 11101 1101010101 111110101 0101 010111 110111 01 111101 011101 1101 10111 111010111 11111101 0101 110101 110111 11 111101 011101 0111 1111 1111011100 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 11 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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