Analysis of Palm Sunday
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
Because it is the day of Palms,
Carry a palm for me,
Carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
And I will watch the sea;
There are no palms in Santa Chiara
To-day or any day for me.
I sit and watch the little sail
Lean side-ways on the sea,
The sea is blue from here to Sorrento,
And the sea-wind comes to me,
And I see the white clouds lift from Sorrento
And the dark sail lean upon the sea.
I have grown tired of all these things,
And what is left for me?
I have no place in Santa Chiara,
There is no peace upon the sea;
But carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
Carry a palm for me.
Scheme | xAbaba xacaca xababA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 100111 100101010 011101 111101010 11110111 11010101 111101 01111111 0011111 011011111 001110101 111101111 011111 111101010 11110101 1100101010 100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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