Analysis of The First Thrush
Dame Mary Gilmore 1865 (Crookwell, New South Wales) – 1962 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Though leaves have fallen long since,
The wagtails flirt and flit,
Glad in the morning sun;
While, on the knotted quince,
The dewdrops, pearled on it,
Bead to a little run. . . .
Soft as a breathing air
There came a lovely sound
Out of the branches bare;
So rich it was, and round,
Sense stood, in listening bound,
Stilled to its sweetness there!
It was the thrush's note,
That seemed as though his heart
On some loved thing did dote;
As though he yearned apart,
Knowing some hidden smart,
Pain in the long sweet rote.
There, as the spider hung
Grey-breasted 'gainst the brown
Skin of the quince, he sung
A song that o'er the town,
Rose up as though to crown
The tree-tops whence it sprung.
And now, it seems to me,
That long full breath he drew,
Like perfume shed on air,
Still dwells within the tree,
Though long ago he flew,
And left it naked there.
Scheme | ABCABC DEDEEDF GFGGF HIHIIH JKDJKD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 1111011 01101 100101 110101 01111 110101 110101 110101 110101 111101 1101001 111101 11011 111111 111111 111101 101101 100111 110101 110101 110111 0111001 111111 011111 011111 111111 101111 110101 110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 831 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 5, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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