Analysis of My Hunting Song

Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875



Forward! Hark forward's the cry!
One more fence and we're out on the open,
So to us at once, if you want to live near us!
Hark to them, ride to them, beauties! as on they go,
Leaping and sweeping away in the vale below!
Cowards and bunglers, whose heart or whose eye is slow,
Find themselves staring alone.

So the great cause flashes by;
Nearer and clearer its purposes open,
While louder and prouder the world-echoes cheer us:
Gentlemen sportsmen, you ought to live up to us,
Lead us, and lift us, and hallo our game to us-
We cannot call the hounds off, and no shame to us-
Don't be left staring alone!


Scheme ABCDDDE ABCCCCE
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 1110111010 111111111111 111111101111 100100100101 100101111111 1011001 1011101 10010110010 110010011011 100101111111 110110110111 110101101111 1111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 614
Words 119
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 231
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, historian and novelist. more…

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