Analysis of The Dear Brown Head
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
James Cecil Johnston. Suvla. August 9th, 1915
Only an hour ago we were fearful for you,
Knowing the death and the darkness behind and before you.
Years ago it might be since we were afraid.
Nothing can harm you now, O dear brown head!
You have come into port with a favouring wind;
We are tossing yet in the seas unkind.
All around you the light and glory are shed;
We are in darkness without you, dear brown head!
Heart and soul of a boy, simple and merry,
Never now to grow old, never be weary.
Light in the Land of the Young is your springing tread.
Long and heavy the road to you, dear brown head!
The House of God is full in the August days --
Full of the young coming home by the bitter ways.
Their beds are made near God, and the table spread,
And you lying down, sitting down with them, dear brown head!
Scheme | X AAXB CCBB DDBB EEBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011011 1011001101011 10010010010011 10111111001 1011111111 1110111011 1110100101 10110101011 11010011111 10110110010 10111110110 100110111101 10100111111 01111100101 110110110101 11111100101 0110110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 803 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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