Analysis of At Last
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant 1864 (Bridgwater, Somerset) – 1902 (Pretoria)
When I am tired, and old and worn,
And harass'd by regret;
When blame, reproach, and worldlings' scorn
On every side are met;
When I have lived long years in vain
And found Life's garlands rue,
Maybe I'll come back again -
At last - at last - to you!
When all the joys and all the zest
Of youthful years have fled,
Maybe that I shall leave the rest
And turn to you instead;
For you, Dear Heart, would never spurn
(With condemnation due!)
If, at the close of all, I turn
Homeward - at last - to you!
When other faces turn away,
And lighter loves have passed;
When life is weary, cold, and gray -
I may come back - at last!
When cares, remorse, regrets are rife -
Too late to live anew -
In the sad twilight of my life
I will come back - to you!
Scheme | ABABXCXC DEDEFCFC GHGHICIC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100101 001101 1101011 1100111 11111101 01111 1011101 111111 11010101 110111 10111101 011101 11111101 10101 11011111 101111 11010101 010111 11110101 111111 11010111 111101 0011111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 764 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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