Analysis of Home
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
I came back late and tired last night
Into my little room,
To the long chair and the firelight
And comfortable gloom.
But as I entered softly in
I saw a woman there,
The line of neck and cheek and chin,
The darkness of her hair,
The form of one I did not know
Sitting in my chair.
I stood a moment fierce and still,
Watching her neck and hair.
I made a step to her; and saw
That there was no one there.
It was some trick of the firelight
That made me see her there.
It was a chance of shade and light
And the cushion in the chair.
Oh, all you happy over the earth,
That night, how could I sleep?
I lay and watched the lonely gloom;
And watched the moonlight creep
From wall to basin, round the room,
All night I could not sleep.
Scheme | ABAB CDCDXD XDXD ADAD XEBEBE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101011 011101 1011001 010001 11110100 110101 01110101 010101 01111111 10011 11010101 100101 11011001 111111 1111101 111101 11011101 0010001 111101001 111111 11010101 01011 11110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 725 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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