Analysis of Beyond
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
MY heart it lies beyond, dear,
In the land of the setting day,
Where the whispers are soft and fond, dear,
Of the voices that pass away;
And oft, when the night is falling,
5
And a calm is on the sea,
I fancy I hear them calling
rom that far-off land for me.
It is only idle dreaming,
But the dream is full of rest,
10
And up where that glory is streaming,
From the gates of the golden west,
I wander away in spirit,
With a mingled joy and pain,
Till I almost seem to inherit
15
The sweet dead past again.
I see the old dear faces,
I greet them hand to hand;
But sadly too, for the places
Seem strange in that curious land;
20
Till a new light breaks, and all other
Grows dim to my streaming eyes;
For a son has found his mother
In the depths of the throbbing skies.
Yes, my heart it lies beyond, dear,
25
Where that sun is burning low,
And were you not so fond, dear,
I might perhaps—but no!
Are you weary already with walking?
And tears! What tears, dear, too!
30
How selfish of me to be talking,
My darling, in this way to you!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 00110101 101011011 10101101 01101110 1 0011101 11011110 1111111 11101010 1011111 1 011110110 10110101 11001010 1010101 11111010 1 011101 1101110 111111 11011010 11011001 1 101110110 1111101 10111110 00110101 11111011 1 1111101 0011111 110111 1110010110 011111 1 110111110 11001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,067 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 38 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 781 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 209 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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