Analysis of Because I failed, shall I asperse the End
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Because I failed, shall I asperse the End
With scorn or doubt, my failure to excuse;
'Gainst arduous Truth my feeble falseness use,
Like that worst foe, a vain splenetic friend?
Deem'st thou, self-amorous fool, the High will bend
If that thy utmost stature prove too small?
Though thou be dwarf, some other is more tall.
The End is fixed; have faith; the means will mend.
Failures but carve a pathway to success;
Our force is many, so our aim be one:
The foremost drop; on, those behind must press.
What boots my doing, so the deed be done?
Let my poor body lie beneath the breach:
I clomb and fell; who stand on me will reach.
Scheme | ABBAACCADEDEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111101 1111110101 1100111011 11110111 111110010111 111110111 1111110111 0111110111 101101101 101110110111 011110111 1111010111 1111010101 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 622 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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