Analysis of Embarcation
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Southampton Docks: October 1899
Here, where Vespasian's legions struck the sands,
And Cendric with the Saxons entered in,
And Henry's army lept afloat to win
Convincing triumphs over neighboring lands,
Vaster battalions press for further strands,
To argue in the selfsame bloody mode
Which this late age of thought, and pact, and code,
Still fails to mend.--Now deckward tramp the bands,
Yellow as autumn leaves, alive as spring;
And as each host draws out upon the sea
Beyond which lies the tragical To-be,
None dubious of the cause, none murmuring,
Wives, sisters, parents, wave white hands and smile,
As if they knew not that they weep the while.
Scheme | X ABBA ACCA DEED FF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0101010 11110101 011010100 0101010111 01010101001 101011101 110001101 1111110101 111111101 1011010111 0111110101 01110111 11001011100 1101011101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 653 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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