Analysis of Ionicus
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
With failing feet and shoulders bowed
Beneath the weight of happier days,
He lagged among the heedless crowd,
Or crept along suburban ways.
But still through all his heart was young,
A courage, a pride, a rapture, sprung
Of the strength and splendour of England's war.
From ill-requited toil he turned
To ride with Picton and with Pack,
Among his grammars inly burned
To storm the Afghan mountain-track.
When midnight chimed, before Quebec
He watched with Wolfe till he morning star;
At noon he saw from Victory's deck
The sweep and splendour of England's war.
Beyond the book his teaching sped,
He left on whom he taught the trace
Of kinship with the deathless dead,
And faith in all the Island race.
He passed : his life a tangle seemed,
His age from fame and power was far;
But his heart was night to the end, and dreamed
Of the sound and splendour of England's war.
Scheme | ABABCCD EFEFGHGD IJIJKHKD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 010111001 1101011 11010101 11111111 010010101 101011101 111111 11110011 011111 1101101 1110101 111111101 1111111 01011101 01011101 11111101 111011 01010101 11110101 111101011 1111110101 101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 877 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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