Analysis of Work To-Day
James McCauley 1917 (Lakemba) – 1976 (in Hobart)
Youth's the time; Youth's the season!
Learn and labor while you may,
Hear the voice of age and reason,-
Work to-day.
Labor hard in morning's prime,
Hasten on without delay,
Make the most of early time-
Work to-day.
Up betimes, nor let the sun
Find you sleeping or at play,
Sleep enough when life is done-
Work to-day.
Cull the sweets from ev'ry flower,
Seize the moments while you may,
Nor idly pass one sunny hour-
Work to-day.
| Scheme | abaB cbcB abaB dbdB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011010 1010111 10111010 111 1010101 1010101 1011101 111 111101 1110111 1011111 111 1011110 1010111 110111010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 421 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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