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
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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Arthur Symons

Arthur William Symons, was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. more…

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