Analysis of A Fragment

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



Should fickle hands in far-off days
No longer stroke thy hair,
And lips that once were proud to praise
Forget to call thee fair,
Sigh but my name, and though I be
Mute in the churchyard mould,
I will arise and come to thee,
And worship as of old.

And should I meet the wrinkled brow,
Or find the silver tress,
What were't to me, it would be thou,
I could not love thee less.
'Gainst love time wages bootless strife,
What now is would be then;
The cry that brought me back to life
Would make thee young again.


Scheme ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Metre 11010111 110111 01110111 011111 11110111 10011 11010111 010111 01110101 110101 101111111 111111 1111011 111111 01111111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 501
Words 102
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 196
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin DL was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. more…

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