Analysis of Time, You Old Gypsy Man,
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
Time, You Old Gypsy Man
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day?
All things I'll give you
Will you be my guest,
Bells for your jennet
Of silver the best,
Goldsmiths shall beat you
A great golden ring,
Peacocks shall bow to you,
Little boys sing.
Oh, and sweet girls will
Festoon you with may,
Time, you old gypsy,
Why hasten away?
Last week in Babylon,
Last night in Rome,
Morning, and in the crush
Under Paul's dome;
Under Pauls' dial
You tighten your rein -
Only a moment,
And off once again;
Off to some city
Now blind in the womb,
Off to another
Ere that's in the tomb.
Time, you old gypsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day?
Scheme | ABABcdbdcecefbgbhijiklmngopoABAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1111 11110 1111 11111 11111 1111 11001 1111 01101 11111 1011 10111 1111 11110 11001 11010 1101 100001 1011 10110 11011 10010 01101 11110 11001 11010 11001 111101 1111 11110 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 510 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 132 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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