Analysis of Fifty Faggots
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
There they stand, on their ends, the fifty fag gots
That once were underwood of hazel and ash
In Jenny Pink's copse. Now, by the hedge
Close packed, they make a thicket fancy alone
Can creep through with the mouse and wren. Next spring
A blackbird or robin will nest there,
Accustomed to them, thinking they will remain
Whatever is for ever to a bird:
This Spring it is too late; the swift has come.
'Twas a hot day for carrying them up:
Better they will never warm me, though they must
Light several Winters' fires. Before they are done
The war will have ended, many other things
Have ended, maybe, that I can no more
Foresee or more control than robin and wren.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLAMN |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111101011 1101011001 010111101 11110101001 1111010111 010110111 01011101101 101110101 1111110111 1011110011 10111011111 110101001111 01111010101 1101011111 01110111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 519 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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