Analysis of By the Pool of the Third Rosses
Arthur Symons 1865 (Milford Haven) – 1945
I heard the sighing of the reed
In the grey pool in the green land,
The sea-wind in the long reeds sighing
Between the green hill and the sand.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
Day after day, night after night;
I heard the whirring wild ducks flying,
I saw the sea-gull's wheeling flight.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
Night after night, day after day,
And I forgot old age, and dying,
And youth that loves, and love's decay.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
At noontide and at evening,
And some old dream I had forgotten
I seemed to be remembering.
I hear the sighing of the reeds:
Is it in vain, is it in vain
That some old peace I had forgotten
Is crying to come back again?
Scheme | xaba Cdbd Cebe Cbfb cxfx |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 00110011 011001110 01011001 11010101 11011101 110101110 11011101 11010101 11011101 010111010 01110101 11010101 110110 011111010 11110100 11010101 11011101 111111010 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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