Analysis of Youth and Age
Vance Palmer 1885 (Bundaberg) – 1959 (Kew)
Youth that rides the wildest horse,
Youth that throws the deadliest steer,
Spending strength without remorse,
Grappling with the ghosts of fear,
Knows it only holds to-day
All it freely flings away.
Youth that rides a race with Death
When the frightened cattle break,
Living in the moment’s breath,
Risking all for honour’s sake,
Lightly knows it holds in fee
Life and immortality.
Age that rides the spavined grey,
Age that seeks the safest track,
Scenting perils by the way,
Dreaming of the journey back,
Leaves behind it all the truth
Known to the wild heart of youth.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11101001 1010101 1010111 1110111 1110101 1110111 1010101 1000101 101111 1011101 100100 111011 1110101 110101 1010101 1011101 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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