Analysis of A Little Boy in the Morning
Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)
He will not come, and still I wait.
He whistles at another gate
Where angels listen. Ah I know
He will not come, yet if I go
How shall I know he did not pass
barefooted in the flowery grass?
The moon leans on one silver horn
Above the silhouettes of morn,
And from their nest-sills finches whistle
Or stooping pluck the downy thistle.
How is the morn so gay and fair
Without his whistling in its air?
The world is calling, I must go.
How shall I know he did not pass
Barefooted in the shining grass?
| Scheme | aabbCc ddeeffbCc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11110111 11010101 11010111 11111111 11111111 1001001 01111101 0100111 011111010 110101010 11011101 01110011 01110111 11111111 100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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