Analysis of Pantheist
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Lolling on a bank of thyme
Drunk with Spring I made this rhyme. . . .
Though peoples perish in defeat,
And races suffer to survive,
The sunshine never was so sweet,
So vast he joy to be alive;
The laughing leaves, the glowing grass
Proclaim how good it is to be;
The pines are lyric as I pass,
The hills hosannas sing to me.
Pink roses ring yon placid palm,
Soft shines the blossom of the peach;
The sapphire sea is satin calm,
With bell-like tinkle on the beach;
A lizard lazes in the sun,
A bee is bumbling to my hand;
Shy breezes whisper: "You are one
With us because you understand."
Yea, I am one with all I see,
With wind and wave, with pine and palm;
Their very elements in me
Are fused to make me what I am.
Through me their common life-stream flows,
And when I yield this human breath,
In leaf and blossom, bud and rose,
Live on I will . . . There is no Death.
Oh, let me flee from woeful things,
And listen to the linnet's song;
To solitude my spirit clings,
To sunny woodlands I belong.
O foolish men! Yourselves destroy.
But I from pain would win surcease. . . .
O Earth, grant me eternal joy!
O Nature - everlasting peace!
Scheme | AA BCBCDEDE FGFGHIHI EFEXJKJK LMLMNDNX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1111111 11010001 01010101 0110111 11111101 01010101 01111111 01110111 011111 11011101 11010101 010011101 11110101 0101001 011100111 11010111 1101101 11111111 11011101 11010001 11111111 11110111 01111101 01010101 11111111 11111101 0101011 1101101 1101101 11010101 1111111 11110101 1100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,159 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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