Analysis of A Vision of Youth
A horseman on a hilltop green
Drew rein, and wound his horn;
So bright he looked he might have been
The Herald of the Morn.
His steed was of the sovran strain
In Fancy’s meadows bred—
And pride was in his tossing mane,
And triumph in his tread.
The rider’s eyes like jewels glowed—
The World was in his hand—
As down the woodland way he rode
When Spring was in the land.
From golden hour to golden hour
For him the woodland sang.
And from the heart of every flower
A singing fairy sprang.
He rode along with rein so free,
And, as he rode, the Blue
Mysterious Bird of Fantasy
Ever before him flew.
He rode by cot and castle dim
Through all the greenland gay;
Bright eyes through casements glanced at him:
He laughed—and rode away.
The world with sunshine was aflood,
And glad were maid and man,
And through his throbbing veins the blood
In keen, sweet shudders ran.
His steed tossed head with fiery scorn,
And stamped, and snuffed the air—
As though he heard a sudden horn
Of far-off battle blare.
Erect the rider sat awhile
With flashing eyes, and then
Turned slowly, sighing, with a smile,
“0 weary world of men!”
For aye the Bird of Fantasy
Sang magic songs to him,
And deeper and deeper still rode he
Into the Forest Dim.
That rider with his face aglow
With joy of life I see
In dreams. Ah, years and years ago
He parted ways with me!
Yet, sometimes, when the days are drear
And all the world forlorn,
From out the dim wood’s heart I hear
The echo of his horn.
Scheme | XAXABCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK CLXL AMAMNONO HJHJ PHPHFAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011 110111 11111111 010101 11110101 0111 01101101 010011 01011101 011011 1101111 111001 1101011010 11011 0101110010 010101 11011111 011101 010011100 100111 11110101 110101 1111111 110101 011111 010101 01110101 011101 111111001 010101 11110101 111101 01010101 110101 11010101 10111 11011100 110111 010010111 010101 11011101 111111 01110101 110111 10110111 010101 11011111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,528 |
Words | 282 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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