Analysis of Elysium
From the dust, and the drought, and the heat,
I am borne on the pinions of leave,
From the things that are bad to repeat
To the things that are good to receive.
From the glare of the day at its height
On a land that was blinding to see,
From the wearisome hiss of the night,
By a turn of the wheel I am free.
I have passed to the heart of the Hills,
For a season of halcyon hours,
'Mid the music of murmurous rills,
And the delicate odours of flowers;
And I walk in an exquisite shade,
Where the fern-tasselled boughs interlace;
And the verdurous fringe of the glade
Is a marvel of fairylike grace;
And with never an aim or a plan
I can wander in uttermost ease,
Where the only reminders of Man
Are the monkeys aloft in the trees;
Or, perchance, on the 'silvery mere,'
In a 'shallop' I lazily float,
With - it's possible - some one to steer,
Or with no one (which lightens the boat).
O the glorious gift of release
From the chains that encircle the thrall,
To be quiet, and cool, and at peace,
And to loaf, and do nothing at all!
I am clear of that infamous lark;
I am far from the blare of the Band;
And the bugles are silent, the bark
Of the Colonel is hushed in the land.
And - I say it again - I am free,
In the valleys of wandering bliss;
And most gratefully 'own, if there be
An Elysium on earth, it is this!'
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM NONO DPDP |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101001001 11110111 101111101 101111101 101101111 101111011 101001101 101101111 111101101 1010110010 1010111 001001110 011011001 1011101 0011101 1010111 011011101 1110011 101001011 101001001 101101001 00111001 111001111 111111001 101001101 101101001 111001011 011011011 111111001 111101101 001011001 101011001 011101111 001011001 011001111 1010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,304 |
Words | 274 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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