Analysis of At Carnoy
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Down in the hollow there’s the whole Brigade
Camped in four groups: through twilight falling slow
I hear a sound of mouth-organs, ill-played,
And murmur of voices, gruff, confused, and low.
Crouched among thistle-tufts I’ve watched the glow
Of a blurred orange sunset flare and fade;
And I’m content. To-morrow we must go
To take some cursèd Wood ... O world God made!
July 3rd, 1916.
| Scheme | ABABBABA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010101 101111101 1101111011 01011010101 1011011101 101101101 0110110111 1111111111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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