Analysis of The Delectable Day
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
The boy on the famous gray pony,
Just bidding good-bye at the door,
Plucking up maiden heart for the fences
Where his brother won honour of yore.
The walk to 'the Meet' with fair children,
And women as gentle as gay,-
Ah! how do we male hogs in armour
Deserve such companions as they?
The afternoon's wander to windward,
To meet the dear boy coming back;
And to catch, down the turns of the valley,
The last weary chime of the pack.
The climb homeward by park and by moorland,
And through the fir forests again,
While the south-west wind roars in the gloaming,
Like an ocean of seething champagne.
And at night the septette of Beethoven,
And the grandmother by in her chair,
And the foot of all feet on the sofa
Beating delicate time to the air.
Ah, God! a poor soul can but thank Thee
For such a delectable day!
Though the fury, the fool, and the swindler,
To-morrow again have their way!
Eversley, 6th November 1872.
Scheme | ABXB CDED XFAF XXXX CGXG ADED E |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01101011 11011101 1011011010 11101111 011011110 01011011 111111010 01101011 00110110 11011101 0111011010 01101101 011011011 01011001 1011110010 111011001 011011100 00101001 0011111010 101001101 110111111 11001001 10100100100 11001111 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 902 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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