Analysis of Envoy
Francis Thompson 1859 (City of Preston, Lancashire) – 1907 (London)
Go, songs, for ended is our brief, sweet play;
Go, children of swift joy and tardy sorrow:
And some are sung, and that was yesterday,
And some unsung, and that may be to-morrow.
Go forth; and if it be o'er stony way,
Old joy can lend what newer grief must borrow:
And it was sweet, and that was yesterday,
And sweet is sweet, though purchas-ed with sorrow.
Go, songs, and come not back from your far way:
And if men ask you why ye smile and sorrow,
Tell them ye grieve, for your hearts know To-day,
Tell them ye smile, for your eyes know To-morrow.
Scheme | ABAB ABAB ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110110111 11011101010 011101110 01010111110 11011110101 1111110111 011101110 0111111110 1101111111 01111111010 1111111111 11111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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