John Mouldy
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
I spied John Mouldy in his celler,
Deep down twenty steps of stone;
In the dusk he sat a-smiling
Smiling there all alone.
He read no book, he snuffed no candle;
The rats ran in, the rats ran out,
And far and near, the drip of water
Went whisp'ring about.
The dusk was still, with dew a-falling,
I saw the Dog-star bleak and grim,
I saw a slim brown rat of Norway
Creep over him.
I spied John Mouldy in his celler,
Deep down twenty steps of stone;
In the dusk he sat a-smiling
Smiling there all alone.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCB xdad cexe ABCB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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