Analysis of The Lost Ones

Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)



Somewhere is music from the linnets' bills,
And thro' the sunny flowers the bee-wings drone,
And white bells of convolvulus on hills
Of quiet May make silent ringing, blown
Hither and thither by the wind of showers,
And somewhere all the wandering birds have flown;
And the brown breath of Autumn chills the flowers.

But where are all the loves of long ago?
O little twilight ship blown up the tide,
Where are the faces laughing in the glow
Of morning years, the lost ones scattered wide
Give me your hand, O brother, let us go
Crying about the dark for those who died.


Scheme ABABCBC DEDEDE
Poetic Form
Metre 11101011 01010100111 0111111 1101110101 1001101110 0110100111 00111101010 1111011101 110111101 1101010001 1101011101 1111110111 1001011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 577
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 6
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 226
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Francis Ledwidge

Francis Edward Ledwidge was an Irish war poet from County Meath. more…

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