Analysis of Alleluia Height
Michael Earls 1875 – 1937
And the resounding harpers of the vine,
Lone winter holds upon the Height
Her court in full renown.
Obedient her courtiers go,
Their gonfalons aloft and bright,
And scatter pearls of snow;
Her sturdy knighthood wear for crown
Prismatic sheen in young delight,
And wave the cedar oriflamme on high;
While windward heralds cry,
Across the battlements of earth
To parapets along the sky,
The lauds of character's full worth.
The winter passes and the days come in
Vibrant with spring.
And men find welcome at the Easter tomb,
Reward they win,
Who make their hearts with courage sing
Through Lenten opportunity of gloom:
(Not as the Pharisees,
With faces lacrimose,
Who wear pretence of ashen woes,
And murmur like the tuneless bees,
Whose honies are hypocrisies),
But men of character's delight,
Who like this valiant Height
Still serving through the bleakest day,
With humble offerings of sound and sight,
Do steadfast stand and pray:
O, count those souls of noble worth,
And God's good pleasure on His earth,
Who still, if joy or pain
Brings sun or rain,
Heroic sing
The law of Alleluia to the King.
Scheme | XABCACBADDEDE FGHFGHIIIIIAAJAJEEKKGG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0001010101 11010101 010101 010001001 110101 010111 0101111 01010101 01010111 110101 01010011 110101 01110011 0101000110 1011 0111010101 0111 11111101 11010011 1101 1101 1111101 0101011 1111 11110001 111101 11010101 1101001101 11101 11111101 01110111 111111 1111 0101 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,067 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 22 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 439 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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