The Green Singer
John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)
ALL singers have shadows
That follow like fears,
But I know a singer
Who never saw tears;
A gay love—a green love—
Delightsome—divine:
The Spring is that singer—
An old love of mine!
All players have shadows,
And into the play
Old sorrows will saunter—
Old sorrows will stay.
But here is a player
Whose speech is divine:
The Spring is that player—
An old love of mine!
All singers grow heavy:
Their hours as they run
Bite up all the blossoms,
Suck up all the sun;
But I know a singer
Delightsome—divine:
The gay love—the green love—
An old love of mine!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | axBxcDbD aebebdbD xfxfBDcD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 673 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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