Analysis of The Poet as Hero
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
You've heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented,
Mocking and loathing War: you've asked me why
Of my old, silly sweetness I've repented--
My ecstasies changed to an ugly cry.
You are aware that once I sought the Grail,
Riding in armour bright, serene and strong;
And it was told that through my infant wail
There rose immortal semblances of song.
But now I've said good-bye to Galahad,
And am no more the knight of dreams and show:
For lust and senseless hatred make me glad,
And my killed friends are with me where I go.
Wound for red wound I burn to smite their wrongs;
And there is absolution in my songs.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1111010010 1001011111 11110101010 11111101 1101111101 1001010101 0111111101 11010111 111111110 0111011101 1101010111 0111111111 1111111111 011010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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