Analysis of Open Speech
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
Good friend of mine, you feel with me—
Your blood grows hot by sympathy
With something that I say or do;
Then speak—I want a word from you.
Let not the silence wrap you round
While you are living over-ground.
They say that earthly years are few;
Then speak—I want a word from you.
Perhaps I pass you in the street,
And when our eyes a moment meet,
I wonder are you wishing too;
Then speak—I want a word from you.
Are you, too, longing for a sign,
Yet fear to stretch a hand for mine?
What other am I writing to?
Then speak—I want a word from you.
Some way our thoughts together run,
Since both lift brow toward the sun
Beneath the self-same vault of blue;
Then speak—I want a word from you.
Scheme | aabB ccbB ddbB eebB ffbB |
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Poetic Form | Kyrielle Quatrain |
Metre | 11111111 11111100 11011111 11110111 11010111 11110101 11110111 11110111 01111001 011010101 11011101 11110111 11110101 11110111 11011101 11110111 111010101 11110101 01011111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 691 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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