Analysis of Life's Grandest Things
Jean Blewett 1862 (Janet McKishnie Scotia, Kent County, Ontario) – 1934 (Chatham)
What is the greatest work of all?
The work that comes every day;
The work that waits us on ev'ry hand
Is work that, for us, is truly grand,
And the love of work is our pay.
What is the highest life of all?
It is living, day by day,
True to ourselves and true to the right,
Living the truth from dawn till the night,
And the love of truth for our pay.
What is the grandest thing of all-
Is it winning Heaven some day?
No, and a thousand times say no;
'Tis making this old world thrill and glow
With the sun of love till each shall know
Something of Heaven here below,
And God's well done for our pay.
Scheme | ABCCB ABDDB ABEEEEB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 01111001 01111111 111111101 001111101 11010111 1110111 1100101101 100111101 001111101 11010111 11101011 10010111 110111101 101111111 10110101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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