Analysis of Companions
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Leave not your bough, my slender song-bird sweet,
But pipe me now your roundelay complete.
Come, gentle breeze, and tarrying on your way,
Whisper my trees what you have seen to-day.
Stand, golden cloud, until my song be done,
(For he’s too proud) before the face of the sun.
So one did sing, and the other breathed a story;
Then both took wing, and the sun stepped forth in glory.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111110111 11111101 110101111 1011111111 1101011111 11110101101 111100101010 111100111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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