Analysis of A Far Country
Leslie Pinckney Hill 1880 ( Lynchburg, Virginia, ) – 1960 ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, )
Beyond the cities I have seen,
Beyond the wrack and din,
There is a wide and fair demesne
Where I have never been.
Away from desert wastes of greed,
Over the peaks of pride,
Across the seas of mortal need
Its citizens abide.
And through the distance though I see
How stern must be the fare,
My feet are ever fain to be
Upon the journey there.
In that far land the only school
The dwellers all attend
Is built upon the Golden Rule,
And man to man is friend.
No war is there nor war’s distress,
But truth and love increase—
It is a realm of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH XIEI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010111 010101 1101011 111101 01110111 100111 01011101 110001 01010111 111101 11110111 010101 01110101 010101 11010101 011111 11111101 110101 110111 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 566 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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