Analysis of Gratitude
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
I thank thee, friend, for the beautiful thought
That in words well chosen thou gavest to me,
Deep in the life of my soul it has wrought
With its own rare essence to ever imbue me,
To gleam like a star over devious ways,
To bloom like a flower on the drearest days
Better such gift from thee to me
Than gold of the hills or pearls of the sea.
For the luster of jewels and gold may depart,
And they have in them no life of the giver,
But this gracious gift from thy heart to my heart
Shall witness to me of thy love forever;
Yea, it shall always abide with me
As a part of my immortality;
For a beautiful thought is a thing divine,
So I thank thee, oh, friend, for this gift of thine.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101001 1011101111 1001111111 111110110011 11101101001 1110101011 10111111 1110111101 101011001101 01101111010 11101111111 11011111010 11110111 101110100 10100110101 11111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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