Analysis of Imogen
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
(A Lady of Tender Age)
Ladies, where were your bright eyes glancing,
Where were they glancing yester-night?
Saw ye Imogen dancing, dancing,
Imogen dancing all in white?
Laughed she not with a pure delight,
Laughed she not with a joy serene,
Stepped she not with a grace entrancing,
Slenderly girt in silken sheen?
All through the night from dusk to daytime
Under her feet the hours were swift,
Under her feet the hours of play-time
Rose and fell with a rhythmic lift:
Music set her adrift, adrift,
Music eddying towards the day
Swept her along as brooks in May-time
Carry the freshly falling May.
Ladies, life is a changing measure,
Youth is a lilt that endeth soon;
Pluck ye never so fast at pleasure
Twilight follows the longest noon.
Nay, but here is a lasting boon,
Life for hearts that are old and chill,
Youth undying for hearts that treasure
Imogen dancing, dancing still.
Scheme | X ABABBCAC DEDEEFDF GHGHHIGI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0101101 101011110 1011011 111001010 10010101 11110101 11110101 1111011 110101 11011111 100101001 1001010111 10110101 10100101 1010101 100111011 10010101 101101010 1101111 111011110 1100101 11110101 11111101 101011110 10010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 863 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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