Analysis of The Geate A-Vallen To

William Barnes 1801 (Bagber) – 1886



In the zunsheen of our zummers
Wi’ the hay time now a-come,
How busy wer we out a-vield
Wi’ vew a-left at hwome,
When waggons rumbled out ov yard
Red wheeled, wi’ body blue,
And back behind ‘em loudly slamm’d
The geate a’vallen to.

Drough daysheen ov how many years
The geate ha’ now a-swung
Behind the veet o’ vull-grown men
And vootsteps of the young.
Drough years o’ days it swung to us
Behind each little shoe,
As we tripped lightly on avore
The geate a-vallen to.

In evenen time o’ starry night
How mother zot at hwome,
And kept her bleazen vier bright
Till father should ha’ come,
An' how she quicken'd up and smiled
An' stirred her vier anew,
To hear the trampen ho'ses’ steps
An' geate a-vallen to.

There’s moon-sheen now in nights o’ fall
When leaves be brown vrom green,
When, to the slammen o' the geate,
Our Jenny’s ears be keen,
When the wold dog do wag his tail,
An' Jean could tell to who,
As he do come in drough the geate,
The geate a-vallen to.

An' oft do come a saddened hour
When there must goo away
One well-beloved to our heart’s core,
Vor long, perhaps vor aye:
An' oh! it is a touchen thing
The loven heart must rue,
To hear behind his last farewell
The geate a-vallen to.


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Poetic Form Etheree  (28%)
Metre 0011101 1011101 11011101 110111 1110111 111101 01011101 0111 1111101 011101 01011111 01101 11111111 011101 1111011 01011 0111101 110111 010111 110111 11110101 110101 110111 11011 11110111 111111 1101101 101111 10111111 111111 11110101 01011 111101010 111101 110111011 110111 1111011 010111 1101111 01011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,197
Words 230
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 181
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

1:09 min read
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William Barnes

William Barnes, Barne, Barneis or Berners, of Thoby, Essex, was an English politician. more…

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