Analysis of Mater Dolorosa
Sydney Elliott Napier 1870 (Sydney) – 1940 (Chatswood)
JUST as of yore the friendly rain
Patters its old and frank refrain;
Just as of yore the world swings by
The little window where I lie
Watching the shadows wax and wane.
I see, beyond the Aegean main,
His cross upon the grave-scarred plain—
Yet still the dawn-flush climbs the sky,
Just as of yore!
His cross—and mine! They try in vain
With careful phrase to stanch the pain;
They say, ‘A hero’s death!’ But I
Long only for his footstep nigh;
Long only for my boy again,
Just as of yore!
Scheme | aabba aabC aabbxC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 1110101 11110111 01010111 1001101 110100101 11010111 11011101 1111 11011101 11011101 11010111 1101111 11011101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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