Analysis of The Return
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
I have come home again!
Dawn is a dream to me
Lying here, soon to be
Clinging, awaking;
See where ’tis breaking
Mockingly, mistily!
I have come home again!
I have come home again!
Blithe is the day, and clear.
All of my youth is near.
Here with the sun above;
Here with my boyhood, love
Joy, and a tear.
I have come home again!
I have come home again!
Grand is the night to-night.
Stars shed their brightest light;
Shine all their brightest fire;
Shine with their old desire;
Wild with delight!
I have come home again!
I must away again!
Since I have lived this day
Here, now I cannot stay.
Back, with the changing sky,
I must away to die;
Die in the proper way
I must away again!
Scheme | AbbccxA AddeexA AffggfA AhhcxhA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 110111 101111 101 11110 11 111101 111101 110101 111111 110101 11111 1001 111101 111101 110111 111101 1111010 1111010 1101 111101 110101 111111 111101 110101 110111 100101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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