Analysis of In the Country
William Henry Davies 1871 – 1940
This life is sweetest; in this wood
I hear no children cry for food;
I see no woman, white with care;
No man, with muscled wasting here.
No doubt it is a selfish thing
To fly from human suffering;
No doubt he is a selfish man,
Who shuns poor creatures, sad and wan.
But 'tis a wretched life to face
Hunger in almost every place;
Cursed with a hand that's empty, when
The heart is full to help all men.
Can I admire the statue great,
When living men starve at its feet!
Can I admire the park's green tree,
A roof for homeless misery!
Scheme | XXXX AAXX BBCC XXDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 11110011 11110111 11110111 11110101 11110101 11110100 11110101 11110101 11010111 10011001 11011101 01111111 1101011 11011111 11010111 01110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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