Analysis of In A College Garden

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch 1863 (Bodmin, Cornwall) – 1944 (Cornwall)



Senex. Saye, cushat, callynge from the brake,
What ayles thee soe to pyne?
Thy carefulle heart shall cease to ake
When dayes be fyne
And greene thynges twyne:
Saye, cushat, what thy griefe to myne?
Turtur. Naye, gossyp, loyterynge soe late,
What ayles thee thus to chyde?
My love is fled by garden-gate;
Since Lammas-tyde
I wayte my bryde.
Saye, gossyp, whom dost thou abyde?
Senex. Loe! I am he, the 'Lonelie Manne,'
Of Time forgotten quite,
That no remembered face may scanne—
Sadde eremyte,
I wayte tonyghte
Pale Death, nor any other wyghte.
O cushat, cushat, callynge lowe,
Goe waken Time from sleepe:
Goe whysper in his ear, that soe
His besom sweepe
Me to that heape
Where all my recollections keepe.
Hath he forgott? Or did I viewe
A ghostlye companye
This even, by the dismalle yewe,
Of faces three
That beckoned mee
To land where no repynynges bee?
O Harrye, Harrye, Tom and Dicke,
Each lost companion!
Why loyter I among the quicke,
When ye are gonne?
Shalle I alone
Delayinge crye 'Anon, Anon'?
Naye, let the spyder have my gowne,
To brayde therein her veste.
My cappe shal serve, now I 'goe downe,'
For mouse's neste.
Loe! this is best.
I care not, soe I gayne my reste.


Scheme ABABBBCCCCCCDEBCCCFGHGGGFIFJJJKLABMBBCNOOC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 111111 1111111 1111 0111 1111111 111111 111111 11111101 111 1111 111111 11111011 110101 11010111 11 111 11110101 11111 110111 1101111 111 1111 1110101 1111111 011 1101011 1101 1101 111111 111101 11010 1110101 1111 1101 1111 1101111 110101 11111111 111 1111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,186
Words 216
Sentences 22
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 42
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 906
Words per stanza (avg) 212
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

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