Analysis of The Schoolfellow
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
Our game was his but yesteryear;
We wished him back; we could not know
The self-same hour we missed him here
He led the line that broke the foe.
Blood-red behind our guarded posts
Sank as of old and dying day;
The battle ceased; the mingled hosts
Weary and cheery went their way:
"To-morrow well may bring," we said,
"As fair a fight, as clear a sun."
Dear Lad, before the world was sped,
For evermore thy goal was won.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10111110 11111111 011101111 11011101 110110101 11110101 01010101 10010111 11011111 11011101 11010111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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