Analysis of The Rebellious Vine

Harold Monro 1879 (Brussels) – 1932



One day, the vine
That clomb on god’s own house
Cried, “I will not
grow

And, ‘I will
not
grow,’
And, I
will
not grow,’
And,
‘I
will not grow,’
So God leaned out his head,
And said:

‘You need
not
Then the vine
fluttered its leaves, and cried to all the winds:
‘Oh have I not permission from the Lord?
And may I not begin to cease to grow?’
But that wise God had pondered on the vine
Before he made it.
And all the while it laboured not to grow,
It grew; it grew;
And all the time God knew.


Scheme axbC dBCedcxecff xBaxxcaxcgg
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111111 1111 1 011 1 1 01 1 11 0 1 111 111111 01 11 1 101 1011011101 1111010101 0111011111 1111110101 01111 010111111 1111 010111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 497
Words 108
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 11, 11
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Harold Monro

Harold Edward Monro was a British poet, the proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop in London which helped many famous poets bring their work before the public. more…

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