Analysis of Perfection

Roderic Quinn 1867 (Surry Hills, New South Wales) – 1949 (Darlinghurst, New South Wales)



THIS rose, to which each dawn anew
Come bees to fill their honey-sacks,
Though sweet in shape, and scent, and hue,
Perfection lacks.
To gain it were to crown one's toil
And set the very world astir:
Blow, Rose, make most of sap and soil,
Strive, Gardener!
Though Youth may dwell some honeyed years
In Arcady, most true is this —
There is no joy unmixed with tears,
No perfect bliss.
Though Love, on high adventure set,
Complete achievement may not know —
Reach out your white arms, Juliet!
Climb, Romeo!


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11111101 11010101 0101 11101111 0101011 11111101 1100 1111111 011111 11110111 1011 11110101 01010111 1111110 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 500
Words 93
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 388
Words per stanza (avg) 91
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Roderic Quinn

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