Analysis of The Linnet

Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)



Upon this leafy bush
With thorns and roses in it,
Flutters a thing of light,
A twittering linnet.
And all the throbbing world
Of dew and sun and air
By this small parcel of life
Is made more fair;
As if each bramble-spray
And mounded gold-wreathed furze,
Harebell and little thyme,
Were only hers;
As if this beauty and grace
Did to one bird belong,
And, at a flutter of wing,
Might vanish in song.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIHHJKJ
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 1101001 100111 0110 010101 110101 1111011 1111 111101 01111 10101 0100 1111001 111101 0101011 11001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 391
Words 77
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 311
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare was an English poet short story writer and novelist best remembered for his works for children and The Listeners He was born in Kent and was educated at St Pauls Cathedral School His first book Songs of Childhood was published under the name Walter Ramal His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction more…

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