Analysis of The Hawthorn Tree
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Not much to me is yonder lane
Where I go every day;
But when there’s been a shower of rain
And hedge-birds whistle gay,
I know my lad that’s out in France
With fearsome things to see
Would give his eyes for just one glance
At our white hawthorn tree.
. . . .
Not much to me is yonder lane
Where he so longs to tread:
But when there’s been a shower of rain
I think I’ll never weep again
Until I’ve heard he’s dead.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 1111001 111101011 011101 11111101 110111 11111111 110111 1 11111101 111111 111101011 11110101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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