What the Captain Said at the Point-to-Point
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
I’ve had a good bump round; my little horse
Refused the brook first time,
Then jumped it prime;
And ran out at the double,
But of course
There’s always trouble at a double:
And then—I don’t know how
It was—he turned it up
At that big, hairy fence before the plough;
And some young silly pup
(I don’t know which),
Near as a toucher knocked me into the ditch;
But we finished full of running, and quite sound:
And anyhow I’ve had a good bump round.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCACDEDEFFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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