Analysis of Sweet Horn
Philip Henry Savage 1868 – 1899 (Massachusetts General Hospital)
WHAT is St. Francis' flower? 'T is not
The daisy nor the melilot,
Nor that white little flower that springs
In Grasmere's quiet garden-plot.
'T is not the lily-flower that blows
In some high heaven of repose.
'T is not the sorrow of the thorn,
Nor utter passion of the rose.
It is the wild-heart eglantine,
(Sweet bush to a far sweeter wine),
With joy for man, sweet-thorn for Christ,
Not pagan all, not all divine.
| Scheme | AAXA BBXB CCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010111 010101 111101011 0110101 1110101011 01110101 111010101 11010101 1101110 11101101 11111111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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