Analysis of Lovers
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
You were glad to-night: and now you’ve gone away.
Flushed in the dark, you put your dreams to bed;
But as you fall asleep I hear you say
Those tired sweet drowsy words we left unsaid.
Sleep well: for I can follow you, to bless
And lull your distant beauty where you roam;
And with wild songs of hoarded loveliness
Recall you to these arms that were your home.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111011101 1001111111 1111011111 11011011101 1111110111 0111010111 01111101 111111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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