Analysis of A Dedication
Lucian B. Watkins 1879 (Chesterfield, Virginia) – 1921
To you who now so nobly do
A noble deed;
Who now instill the virtues true
To virtuous need;
Whose mission is so truly good—
So full of kindly brotherhood—
Who live the life you surely should—
A trusty lead;
Who early saw that skillful head
And skillful hands
Should, surely, be in union wed
'Gainst life's quicksands—
For people whose unhappy state
Was, surely, in the hands of fate,
Would make a combination great
As iron hands.
Long may your daring presence live
And works instill,
Long may your kingly reasons give
A forceful will.
Long may your glowing, useful days
Shine forth their bright illuming rays,
And to gloomy lives always
A happy thrill.
Scheme | ABABCCCD DEDEFFFE XGXGHHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 0101 11010101 11001 11011101 1111010 11011101 0101 11011101 0101 11010101 111 11010101 11000111 1100101 1101 11110101 0101 11110101 0101 11110101 111111 011011 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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