Analysis of The Usurer
Jean Blewett 1862 (Janet McKishnie Scotia, Kent County, Ontario) – 1934 (Chatham)
FATE says, and flaunts her stores of gold,
'I'll loan you happiness untold.
What is it you desire of me?'
A perfect hour in which to be
In love with life, and glad, and good,
The bliss of being understood,
Amid life's cares a little space
To feast your eyes upon a face,
The whispered word, the love-filled tone,
The warmth of lips that meet your own,
To-day of Fate you borrow;
In hunger of the heart, and pain,
In loneliness, and longing vain,
You pay the debt to-morrow!
Prince, let grim Fate take what she will
Of treasures rare, of joys that thrill,
Enact the cruel usurer's part,
Leave empty arms and hungry heart,
Take what she can of love and trust,
Take all life's gladness, if she must,
Take meeting smile and parting kiss–
The benediction and the bliss.
What then? The fairest thing of all
Is ours, O Prince, beyond recall–
Not even Fate would dare to seize
Our store of golden memories.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFGGF HHIIJJKKLLMM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 11110001 111101011 001100111 01110101 0111001 01110101 11110101 01010111 01111111 111111 01010101 01000101 1101110 11111111 11011111 0101011 11010101 11111101 1111111 11010101 0010001 11010111 11011011 11011111 101110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 885 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 12 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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