Analysis of Subalterns
Elizabeth Daryush 1887 – 1977
She said to one: ‘How glows
My heart at the hot thought
Of battle’s glorious throes!’
He said: ‘For us who fought
Are icy memories
That must for ever freeze
The sunny hours they bought.’
She said to one: ‘How light
Must your freed heart be now,
After the heavy fight!”
He said: ‘Well I don’t know…..
The war gave one a shake,
Somehow, knocked one awake…..
Now. life’s so deadly slow.’
| Scheme | ABABCCX DXDEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111011 1101001 111111 110100 111101 0101011 111111 111111 100101 111111 011101 11101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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