Analysis of Convalescence
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Underneath a tree I lie,
Watching with lack lustre eye,
All those little trivial things
Weakness after sickness brings;
Watching birds flit to and fro;
Watching how the grasses grow;
Watching how the leaves and trees
Blend in Autumn harmonies
And wise insects, taught by God,
Build their shelters in the sod.
Oh, how low the pride of men
Falls and grovels meekly, when
Convalescence comes at last
After long borne sufferings past,
E'en the arrogance of pain
That strange vanity - is vain
And he lies, a stricken thing,
Bereft of even suffering.
All is gone - the pain, the pride;
Arrogance is laid aside.
And he owes all things he'd do
To some worthier being, who,
Out of charity, shall seek
To assist the helpless weak
Out of charity to lend
Splendid strength he is to spend.
So beneath the tree I lie,
Reading with a languid eye
Views of that and views of this
In a world so long amiss,
And, by some strange alchemy,
Suddenly it seems to me
That, as Earth's wild turmoils cease,
Comes convalescence now and peace.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE FFGGHHII JJKKLLMM AANNOOPP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 1011101 11101001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010100 011111 1110001 1110111 101101 010111 10111001 11010011 1110011 0110101 01110100 1110101 1001101 0111111 11100101 1110011 1010101 1110011 1011111 1010111 1010101 1110111 0011101 0111100 1001111 111111 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 992 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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