Analysis of Pastoral
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
It's the Spring.
Earth has conceived, and her bosom,
Teeming with summer, is glad.
Vistas of change and adventure,
Thro' the green land
The grey roads go beckoning and winding,
Peopled with wains, and melodious
With harness-bells jangling:
Jangling and twangling rough rhythms
To the slow march of the stately, great horses
Whistled and shouted along.
White fleets of cloud,
Argosies heavy with fruitfulness,
Sail the blue peacefully. Green flame the hedgerows.
Blackbirds are bugling, and white in wet winds
Sway the tall poplars.
Pageants of colour and fragrance,
Pass the sweet meadows, and viewless
Walks the mild spirit of May,
Visibly blessing the world.
O, the brilliance of blossoming orchards!
O, the savour and thrill of the woods,
When their leafage is stirred
By the flight of the Angel of Rain!
Loud lows the steer; in the fallows
Rooks are alert; and the brooks
Gurgle and tinkle and trill. Thro' the gloamings,
Under the rare, shy stars,
Boy and girl wander,
Dreaming in darkness and dew.
It's the Spring.
A sprightliness feeble and squalid
Wakes in the ward, and I sicken,
Impotent, winter at heart.
Scheme | Axx bxacaxxx xccxcxcxx xxxxxxcxbx Axxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 11010010 1011011 10110010 1011 0111100010 101100100 11011 101110 10111010110 1001001 1111 11011 1011001101 10110001011 1011 1011010 101101 1011011 1001001 1010110010 10101101 11111 101101011 1101001 1101001 1001001101 100111 10110 1001001 101 0110010 10010110 1001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,090 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 8, 9, 10, 4 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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