Analysis of Song of the Soldier's Wifes.
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
At last! In sight of home again,
Of home again;
No more to range and roam again
As at that bygone time?
No more to go away from us
And stay from us? -
Dawn, hold not long the day from us,
But quicken it to prime!
Now all the town shall ring to them,
Shall ring to them,
And we who love them cling to them
And clasp them joyfully;
And cry, "O much we'll do for you
Anew for you,
Dear Loves!--aye, draw and hew for you,
Come back from oversea."
Some told us we should meet no more,
Should meet no more;
Should wait, and wish, but greet no more
Your faces round our fires;
That, in a while, uncharily
And drearily
Men gave their lives--even wearily,
Like those whom living tires.
And now you are nearing home again,
Dears, home again;
No more, may be, to roam again
As at that bygone time,
Which took you far away from us
To stay from us;
Dawn, hold not long the day from us,
But quicken it to prime!
Scheme | aaaBccCB dddefffe gggheeeh aaaBccCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 1101 11110101 11111 11110111 0111 11110111 110111 11011111 1111 01111111 011100 01111111 0111 11110111 11101 11111111 1111 11011111 11011010 10011 01 111110100 1111010 011110101 1101 11111101 11111 11110111 1111 11110111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 974 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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