Analysis of The Wife A-Lost
William Barnes 1801 (Bagber) – 1886
1 Since I noo mwore do zee your fe{'a}ce,
Up ste{'a}rs or down below,
I'll zit me in the lwonesome ple{'a}ce,
Where flat-bough'd beech do grow;
Below the beeches' bough, my love,
Where you did never come,
An' I don't look to meet ye now,
As I do look at hwome.
Since you noo mwore be at my zide,
In walks in zummer het,
I'll goo alwone where mist do ride,
Drough trees a-drippèn wet;
Below the ra{'i}n-wet bough, my love,
Where you did never come,
An' I don't grieve to miss ye now,
As I do grieve at hwome.
Since now bezide my dinner-bwoard
Your va{'i}ce do never sound,
I'll eat the bit I can avword,
A-vield upon the ground;
Below the darksome bough, my love,
Where you did never dine,
An' I don't grieve to miss ye now,
As I at hwome do pine.
Since I do miss your va{'i}ce an' fe{'a}ce
In pra{'y}er at eventide,
I'll pray wi' woone sad va{'i}ce vor gre{'a}ce
To goo where you do bide;
Above the tree an' bough, my love,
Where you be gone avore,
An' be a-w{'a}itèn vor me now,
To come vor evermwore.
Scheme | ababcDed ffffcDEd ffffcgEg afafcheh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 11111101 111001111 111111 0101111 111101 11111111 111111 11111111 01011 1111111 110111 0101111111 111101 11111111 111111 1111101 11111101 1101111 010101 0101111 111101 11111111 111111 111111111111 011011 111111111111 111111 01011111 11111 110100111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,163 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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