Analysis of In Convalescence
Fay Inchfawn 1880 (Portishead) – 1978 ( Freshford)
Not long ago, I prayed for dying grace,
For then I thought to see Thee face to face.
And now I ask (Lord, 'tis a weakling's cry)
That Thou wilt give me grace to live, not die.
Such foolish prayers! I know. Yet pray I must.
Lord help me -- help me not to see the dust!
And not to nag, nor fret because the blind
Hangs crooked, and the curtain sags behind.
But, oh! The kitchen cupboards! What a sight!
'T'will take at least a month to get them right.
And that last cocoa had a smoky taste,
And all the milk has boiled away to waste!
And -- no, I resolutely will not think
About the saucepans, nor about the sink.
These light afflictions are but temporal things --
To rise above them, wilt Thou lend me wings?
Then I shall smile when Jane, with towzled hair
(And lumpy gruel!), clatters up the stair.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1101111101 1111111111 011111011 1111111111 1101111111 1111111101 0111110101 1100010101 1101010101 11111011111 0111010101 0101110111 011100111 010110101 11010111001 1101111111 111111111 010101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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