Analysis of The Hidden Heart
Roderic Quinn 1867 (Surry Hills, New South Wales) – 1949 (Darlinghurst, New South Wales)
AS I rode out of Lochinvar
About me all the scene was fair;
The skies, with not a cloud to mar,
Were filled with fresh and dewy air,
While making song, a merry throng,
The thrushes warbled everywhere.
As I rode out of Lochinvar
Through Fairydom I seemed to go,
For round about, and near and far,
Enchanted lights began to glow;
And where I went, on what intent,
And who I was I did not know!
For lo, I met a troubadour
As I rode out of Lochinvar;
His like on earth is seen no more,
With feathered hat and gay guitar;
And loud and clear, and sweet to hear,
He sang a song of love and war.
As I rode out of Lochinvar
He sang a song I somehow knew,
The while he touched his gay guitar;
And when I asked him, 'Who are you?'
'Yourself!' he said — and bowed his head,
And vanished like the morning dew.
Though I may see him nevermore,
This much in very truth I ken,
That one, at heart a troubadour,
May seem a sober citizen,
Who sets afar his gay guitar
To seem just like his fellow men.
Scheme | AaaabaAcacdcaAaaaaAeaefeagahag |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111 01110111 01110111 01110101 11010101 0101010 111111 111111 11010101 01010111 01111101 01111111 1111010 111111 11111111 11010101 01010111 11011101 111111 1101111 01111101 01111111 01110111 01010101 1111110 11010111 1111010 11010100 11011101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 962 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 745 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 198 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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