Analysis of Winged Words

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



The winged  words, they pass  
 Still everywhere,  
Seeds of the spirit-grass  
 The dream-winds bear  
From that heart-field to this,          
Where thought as feeling is;  
There’s not a seed will miss  
 Life, once sown there.  

They pass, the faery words,  
 In shade and shine,          
As they were magic birds  
 This heart of mine  
Gave shape and colour to,  
As in the light and dew  
The primal creatures grew          
 From germs divine.


Scheme ABABCXCB DEDEFFFE
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 110 110101 0111 111111 111101 110111 1111 11011 0101 110101 1111 11011 100101 010101 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 448
Words 72
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 13, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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