Analysis of The Vault--After Sedgmoor
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
You need not call at the Inn;
I have ordered my bed:
Fair linen sheets therein
And a tester of lead.
No musty fusty scents
Such as inn chambers keep,
But tapestried with content
And hung with sleep.
My Inn door bears no bar
Set up against fear.
The guests have journeyed far,
They are glad to be here.
Where the damp arch curves up grey,
Long, long shall we lie;
Good King's men all are they,
A King's man I.
Old Giles, in his stone asleep,
Fought at Poictiers.
Piers Ralph and Roger keep
The spoil of their fighting years.
I shall lie with my folk at last
In a quiet bed;
I shall dream of the sword held fast
In a round-capped head.
Good tale of men all told
My Inn affords;
And their hands peace shall hold
That once held swords.
And we who rode and ran
On many a loyal quest
Shall find the goal of man -
A bed, and rest.
We shall not stand to the toast
Of Love or King;
We be all too tired to boast
About anything.
We be dumb that did jest and sing;
We rest who laboured and warred . . .
Shout once, shout once for the King.
Shout once for the sword!
Scheme | ABABCDXD EXEXFGFG DCDXHBHB IJIJKLKL MNMNNBNX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 1111101 111011 110101 001011 11011 111101 11110 0111 111111 11011 011101 111111 1011111 11111 111111 0111 1101101 111 110101 0111101 11111111 00101 11110111 00111 111111 1101 011111 1111 011101 1100101 110111 0101 1111101 1111 11111011 0110 11111101 111101 1111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,022 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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