Analysis of Unstooping

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



Low on his fours the Lion
Treads with the surly Bear;
But Men straight upward from the dust
Walk with their heads in the air;
The free sweet winds of heaven,
The sunlight from on high
Beat on their clear bright cheeks and browns
As they go striding by;
The doors of all their houses
They arch so they may go,
Uplifted o’er the four-foot beasts,
Unstooping, to and fro.


Scheme ABCBADEDFGHG
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 110101 11110101 1111001 0111110 01111 11111101 111101 0111110 111111 10010111 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 367
Words 72
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 289
Words per stanza (avg) 70
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 17, 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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