Analysis of The Old Fool In The Wood
Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)
'If I could whisper you all I know,'
Said the Old Fool in the Wood,
'You'd never say that green leaves grow.
You'd say, 'Ah, what a happy mood
The Master must be in today,
To think such thoughts,'
That's what you'd say.'
'If I could whisper you all I've heard,'
Said the Old Fool in the fern,
'You'd never say the song of a bird.
You'd say, 'I'll listen, and p'raps I'll learn
One word of His joy as He passed this way,
One syllable more,'
That's what you'd say.'
'If I could tell you all the rest,'
Said the Old Fool under the skies,
'You'd hug your griefs against your breast
And whisper with love-lit eyes,
'I am one with the sorrow that made the may,
And the pulse of His heart,'
That's what you'd say.'
Scheme | axaxbxB cdcdbxB efefbxB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101111 1011001 11011111 11110101 01011001 1111 1111 111101111 1011001 110101101 1111001111 1111111111 11001 1111 11111101 10111001 11110111 0101111 11110101101 001111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 695 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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