Analysis of Bredon Hill
Alfred Edward Housman 1859 – 1936
In summertime on Bredon
The bells they sound so clear;
Round both the shires they ring them
In steeples far and near,
A happy noise to hear.
Here of a Sunday morning
My love and I would lie,
And see the coloured counties,
And hear the larks so high
About us in the sky.
The bells would ring to call her
In valleys miles away:
'Come all to church, good people;
Good people, come and pray.
But here my love would stay.
And I would turn and answer
Among the springing thyme,
'Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
And come to church in time.
But when the snows at Christmas
On Bredon top were strewn,
My love rose up so early
And stole out unbeknown
And went to church alone.
They tolled the one bell only,
Groom there was none to see,
The mourners followed after,
And so to church went she,
And would not wait for me.
The bells they sound on Bredon,
And still the steeples hum.
'Come all to church, good people,' -
Oh, noisy bells, be dumb;
I hear you, I will come.
Scheme | abxbx cdxdd efGff ehchh xaiaa iieii ajGjj |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01011 011111 1101111 010101 010111 110110 110111 0101010 010111 011001 0111110 010101 1111110 110101 111111 0111010 010101 11011010 011101 011101 1101110 11101 1111110 01101 011101 1101110 111111 0101010 011111 011111 011111 010101 1111110 110111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 195 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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