Analysis of The Aim
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 1860 (Douglas) – 1943 (Toronto)
O thou who lovest not alone
The swift success, the instant goal,
But hast a lenient eye to mark
The failures of th' inconstant soul,
Consider not my little worth,--
The mean achievement, scamped in act,
The high resolve and low result,
The dream that durst not face the fact.
But count the reach of my desire.
Let this be something in Thy sight:--
I have not, in the slothful dark,
Forgot the Vision and the Height.
Neither my body nor my soul
To earth's low ease will yield consent.
I praise Thee for my will to strive.
I bless Thy goad of discontent.
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDBD AEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111101 01010101 110100111 01011111 01011101 01010101 01010101 01111101 110111010 11110011 1110011 01010001 10110111 11111101 11111111 11111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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