Analysis of Gone Away
William Henry Ogilvie 1869 (Scotland) – 1963
‘ He's away ! '- With a quickened wild beat of the heart
Every horseman responds, riding hard for a start,
While back on the breeze with insistence is borne
The clamour of hounds and the call of the horn.
What crowding and crossing! What foaming and fret!
'Don't pull, you old duffer,' we'll get to them yet I '-
‘ Confound that slow tailor up there on the bay!
Does the fellow not know that a fox is away? '
Hark! Something like music! Ye gods, how they chime !
'Excuse me ! '_ ‘ Go on, then ! ' 'Oh, dash it, take time ! '
Don't cross me, confound you I '-' They're running some clip ! '-
'Look out for that pony ! '-' Way, there, for the Whip ! '
There's some one got kicked, and he's stopping to curse;
But we're clear of the crowd and it might have been worse.
The pick of the vale is the line he has gone.
‘ Gar'r away on to him ! Gar' away on !'
Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGGHHIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101011101 1001001101101 11101101011 0111001101 11001011001 111110111111 01111011101 101011101101 11011011111 011111111111 111011111011 1111111101 11111011011 111101011111 01101101111 11011111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 605 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 179 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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