The Titmouse
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
If you would happy company win,
Dangle a palm-nut from a tree,
Idly in green to sway and spin,
Its snow-pulped kernel for bait; and see,
A nimble titmouse enter in.
Out of earth's vast unknown of air,
Out of all summer, from wave to wave,
He'll perch, and prank his feathers fair,
Jangle a glass-clear wildering stave,
And take his commons there —
This tiny son of life; this spright,
By momentary Human sought,
Plume will his wing in the dappling light,
Clash timbrel shrill and gay —
And into time's enormous nought,
Sweet-fed, will flit away.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABA CDCDC EEEFEF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6 |
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