Analysis of Because I failed, shall I asperse the End

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



Because I failed, shall I asperse the End
With scorn or doubt, my failure to excuse;
'Gainst arduous Truth my feeble falseness use,
Like that worst foe, a vain splenetic friend?
Deem'st thou, self-amorous fool, the High will bend
If that thy utmost stature prove too small?
Though thou be dwarf, some other is more tall.
The End is fixed; have faith; the means will mend.
Failures but carve a pathway to success;
Our force is many, so our aim be one:
The foremost drop; on, those behind must press.
What boots my doing, so the deed be done?
Let my poor body lie beneath the breach:
I clomb and fell; who stand on me will reach.


Scheme ABBAACCADEDEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 011111101 1111110101 1100111011 11110111 111110010111 111110111 1111110111 0111110111 101101101 101110110111 011110111 1111010111 1111010101 1101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 622
Words 119
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 483
Words per stanza (avg) 117
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 12, 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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