Analysis of Embarcation (Southampton Docks: October, 1899)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Here, where Vespasian's legions struck the sands,
And Cerdic with his Saxons entered in,
And Henry's army leapt afloat to win
Convincing triumphs over neighbour lands,
Vaster battalions press for further strands,
To argue in the self-same bloody mode
Which this late age of thought, and pact, and code,
Still fails to mend.--Now deckward tramp the bands,
Yellow as autumn leaves, alive as spring;
And as each host draws out upon the sea
Beyond which lies the tragical To-be,
None dubious of the cause, none murmuring,
Wives, sisters, parents, wave white hands and smile,
As if they knew not that they weep the while.
Scheme | ABBA ACCADEED FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 011110100 0101010111 010101011 101011101 1100011101 1111110101 111111101 1011010111 0111110101 01110111 11001011100 1101011101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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