Analysis of The Song of Finis
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
At the edge of All the Ages
A Knight sate on his steed,
His armor red and thin with rust
His soul from sorrow freed;
And he lifted up his visor
From a face of skin and bone,
And his horse turned head and whinnied
As the twain stood there alone.
No bird above that steep of time
Sang of a livelong quest;
No wind breathed,
Rest:
"Lone for an end!" cried Knight to steed,
Loosed an eager rein--
Charged with his challenge into space:
And quiet did quiet remain.
Scheme | XAXAXBAB XCXCADXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 011111 11010111 111101 01101110 1011101 0111101 1011101 11011111 11011 111 1 11111111 11101 11110011 01011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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