Analysis of A New Heaven
Wilfred Owen 1893 (Oswestry) – 1918 (Sambre–Oise Canal)
Seeing we never found gay fairyland
(Though still we crouched by bluebells moon by moon)
And missed the tide of Lethe; yet are soon
For that new bridge that leaves old Styx half-spanned;
Nor ever unto Mecca caravanned;
Nor bugled Asgard, skilled in magic rune;
Nor yearned for far Nirvana, the sweet swoon,
And from high Paradise are cursed and banned;
-Let's die home, ferry across the Channel! Thus
Shall we live gods there. Death shall be no sev'rance.
Weary cathedrals light new shrines for us.
To us, rough knees of boys shall ache with rev'rence.
Are not girls' breasts a clear, strong Acropole?
-There our oun mothers' tears shall heal us whole.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101110 111111111 010111111 1111111111 11010101 11110101 1111010011 011101101 11110010101 1111111111 1001011111 1111111111 11110111 11011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 256 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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