Analysis of Spring Delirium
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Gold days give way to sudden rain,
But what, I ask, of that?
For I am my own man again,
And gloom comes sprawling flat.
Let grouchers grieve and nurse the hump
Because bleak winds still shout;
But I don't care a tupp'ny dump;
From zero - whoop! - my spirits jump:
The daffodils are out.
Hail bloom of golden promise! Hail!
These trumpets sing of hope.
To mock grim Winter's weakening flail
And shame the misanthrope.
All hail! And hail again, for luck.
Hence, cold and clammy doubt!
Come, Spring! Come, honey-bee and suck;
Into this heady nector tuck!
The daffodils are out!
Spring for the young? Ah, foolish claim.
Spring burgeons for the old,
To touch old hearts again with flame
And oust the creeping cold.
So, as each golden cup now spills
Its gladness all about,
I, freed again of age's ills,
Grow dilly with the daffodils.
The daffodils are out!
Yet, am I old? Who said I'm old?
Ah, Spring's sweet alchemy!
Gaze now upon me and behold
A recharged battery.
I waggle my rheumatic knees
And, as the years I flout,
Hot blood incontinently flees
Along my hardening arteries
The daffodils are out!
Birds call; the buds grow fat; I sing
A daft, delicious lay.
Prim primulas are carpeting
My somewhat wobbly way.
Oh, vernal verve! September's spree!
I laugh! I sing! I shout!
With dragonfly and drunken bee
I go right off my rocker. Gee!
The wotsernames are out!
Scheme | xaxabcbbC dedefcffC ghghiciiC hjhjkckkC lmlmjcjjc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 111111 11111101 011101 1110101 011111 1111011 11011101 01011 11110101 110111 111101001 01010 11010111 110101 11110101 0111011 01011 11011101 11101 11110111 010101 11110111 11101 11011101 1101010 01011 11111111 111100 11011001 001100 1110101 010111 1111 011100100 01011 11011111 010101 111100 1111001 11010101 111111 110101 11111101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,337 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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