Analysis of At Lord's
Francis Thompson 1859 (City of Preston, Lancashire) – 1907 (London)
It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though my own red roses there may blow;
It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though the red roses crest the caps, I know.
For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast,
And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,
To and fro: -
O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago!
Scheme | AbAbcccbbb |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111010110101011 111110111 111010110101011 1011010111 101111111101001 0010111010101 011111101101 101110101 101 1110011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 359 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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