A Few Lines On Completing Forty-Seven.
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
When I reflect with serious sense,
While years and years run on,
How soon I may be summoned hence -
There's cook a-calling John.
Our lives are built so frail and poor,
On sand and not on rocks,
We're hourly standing at Death's door -
There's some one double knocks.
All human days have settled terms,
Our fates we cannot force;
This flesh of mine will feed the worms -
They're come to lunch of course!
And when my body's turned to clay,
And dear friends hear my knell,
Oh let them give a sigh and say -
I hear the upstairs bell!
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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