Analysis of A Maxim Of Peace
Martin Farquhar Tupper 1810 (London) – 1889
Never have regrets, brother,
But for sake of sin;
The treacherous heart within
All too soon forgets, brother,
How it felt, and was, in thought,
Acting out the thing it ought.
All thy will was well, brother,
Well didst thou deserve;
Circumstance might swerve,
But, the truth to tell, brother,
Consequences none foresee
Never need be cares to thee.
Always for the best, brother,
Hourly hast thou striven;
Though to be forgiven,
This shall be thy test, brother,--
Did not honest zeal obey
Duty's impulse every day?
What seem'd then so right, brother,
Let no censure now,
No unkindly brow,
Damage in thy sight, brother;
Yesterday did what it could;
Scorn not thou its humbler good!
To thyself be true, brother;
Yield not to regret;
Nor thy spirit fret
To do, or to undo, brother,
What is now beyond thy skill;
Facts are facts, do what we will.
Every Present seems, brother,
Girt about with friends;
Every Future sends
Glory to thy dreams, brother;
But we all condemn too fast
The friendless and the hopeless Past.
Scorn not what thou wast, brother,--
Trust not what thou art;
Watch thy coward heart;
Look to that thou hast, brother;
Nothing is within thy power,
But the swiftly passing hour.
Therefore do not set, brother,
Sorrow on the past;
When the die is cast
Never nurse regret, brother:
Only for thy sin be sad,
For all beside be wisely glad!
Scheme | ABBACC ADDAEE AFFAGG AHHAII AJJAKK ALLAMM ANNAAA AMMAOO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110 11111 0100101 1110110 1110101 1010111 1111110 11101 1011 1011110 100101 1011111 110110 101110 111010 1111110 1110101 1101001 1111110 11101 111 1001110 101111 11111001 111110 11101 11101 11110110 1110111 1111111 10010110 10111 100101 1011110 1110111 0100101 1111110 11111 11101 1111110 10101110 10101010 111110 10101 10111 1010110 1011111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,306 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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