Analysis of Hope The Hornblower
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
'Hark ye, hark to the winding horn;
Sluggards, awake, and front the morn!
Hark ye, hark to the winding horn;
The sun's on meadow and mill.
Follow me, hearts that love the chase;
Follow me, feet that keep the pace:
Stirrup to stirrup we ride, we ride,
We ride by moor and hill.'
Huntsman, huntsman, whither away?
What is the quarry afoot to-day?
Huntsman, huntsman, whither away,
And what the game ye kill?
Is it the deer, that men may dine?
Is it the wolf that tears the kine?
What is the race ye ride, ye ride,
Ye ride by moor and hill?
'Ask not yet till the day be dead
What is the game that's forward fled,
Ask not yet till the day be dead
The game we follow still.
An echo it may be, floating past;
A shadow it may be, fading fast:
Shadow or echo, we ride, we ride,
We ride by moor and hill'
Scheme | AaAbccdB EeEbxadb FfFbggdB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1010101 11110101 011101 10111101 10111101 101101111 111101 10101001 110100111 10101001 010111 11011111 11011101 11011111 111101 11110111 11011101 11110111 011101 110111101 01111101 11101111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 780 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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