Analysis of To Hannah
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Spirit girl to whom 'twas given
To revisit scenes of pain,
From the hell I thought was Heaven
You have lifted me again;
Through the world that I inherit,
Where I loved her ere she died,
I am walking with the spirit
Of a dead girl by my side.
Through my old possessions only
For a very little while,
And they say that I am lonely,
And they pity, but I smile:
For the brighter side has won me
By the calmness that it brings,
And the peace that is upon me
Does not come of earthly things.
Spirit girl, the good is in me,
But the flesh you know is weak,
And with no pure soul to win me
I might miss the path I seek;
Lead me by the love you bore me
When you trod the earth with me,
Till the light is clear before me
And my spirit too is free.
Scheme | AXAXBCBC DEDEDFDF DGDGDDDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111110 1010111 10111110 1110101 10111010 1110111 11101010 1011111 11101010 1010101 01111110 0110111 10101111 1010111 00111011 1111101 10101101 1011111 01111111 1110111 11101111 1110111 10111011 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 745 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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