Analysis of Dark Truth
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Birds have no consciousness of doom:
Yon thrush that serenades me daily
From scented snow of hawthorn bloom
Would not trill out his glee so gaily,
Could he foretell his songful breath
Would sadly soon be stilled in death.
Yon lambs that frolic on the lea
And incarnate the joy of life,
Would scarce disport them could they see
The shadow of the butcher's knife:
Oh Nature, with your loving ruth,
You spare them knowledge of Dark Truth.
To sad humanity alone,
(Creation's triumph ultimate)
The grimness of the grave is known,
The dusty destiny await . . . .
Oh bird and beast, with joy, elance
Effulgently your ingorance!
Oh man, previsioning the hearse,
With fortitude accept your curse!
Scheme | ABABCC BDBDEE FXFXGGGG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11110011 1111110 1101111 111111110 1101111 11011101 11110101 00100111 1111111 0110101 11011101 11110111 11010001 110100 01010111 01010001 1101111 111 11101 1100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 676 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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