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.


Scheme ABBAABBA CCCCDD
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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Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. more…

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