Analysis of Arcady Unheeding

Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)



Shepherds go whistling on their way
In the spring season of the year;
One watches weather-signs of day;
One of his maid most dear
Dreams; and they do not hear
The birds that sing and sing; they do not see
Wide wealds of blue beyond their windy lea,
Nor blossoms red and white on every tree.


Scheme ABABCDDD
Poetic Form
Metre 10110111 00110101 11010111 111111 101111 0111011111 1111011101 11010111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 297
Words 58
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 228
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC was an eminent English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. He later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy". more…

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