Analysis of Finale
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Here is this vale of sweet abiding,
My ultimate and dulcet home,
That gently dreams above the chiding
of restless and impatient foam;
Beyond the hazards of hell weather,
The harceling of wind and sea,
With timbers morticed tight together
My old hulk havens happily.
The dawn exultantly discloses
My lawn lit with mimosa gold;
The joy of January roses
Is with me when rich lands are cold;
Serene with bells of beauty chiming,
This dream domain to be belongs,
By sweet conspiracy of rhyming,
And virtue of some idle songs.
I thank the gracious Lord of Living
Who gave me power and will to write:
May I be worthy of His giving
And win to merit in His sight. . . .
O merciful and mighty Master,
Though I have faltered in the past,
Your scribe I be. . . . Despite disaster
Let me be faithful to the last.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFAGAG AHAHCICI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111010 11000101 110101010 11000101 010101110 011101 11011010 11110100 010100010 11110101 01110010 11111111 01111101 11011101 110100110 01011101 110101110 111100111 111101110 01110011 110001010 11110001 111101010 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 784 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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