Analysis of The Heritage
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Cry out on Time that he may take away
Your cold philosophies that give no hint
Of spirit-quickened flesh; fall down and pray
That Death come never with a face of flint:
Death is our heritage; with Life we share
The sunlight that must own his darkening hour:
Within his very presence yet we dare
To gather gladness like a fading flower.
For even as this, our joy not long may live
Perfect; and most in change the heart can trace
The miracle of life and human things:
All we have held to destiny we give;
Dawn glimmers on the soul-forsaken face;
Not we, but others, hear the bird that sings.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1101001111 1101011101 1111010111 11101001111 01111110010 0111010111 1101101010 110111011111 0101010111 0100110101 1111110011 1101010101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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