Analysis of She's Up and Gone, the Graceless Girl

Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)



She's up and gone, the graceless girl,
And robb'd my failing years!
My blood before was thin and cold
But now 'tis turn'd to tears;—
My shadow falls upon my grave,
So near the brink I stand,
She might have stay'd a little yet,
And led me by the hand!
Aye, call her on the barren moor,
And call her on the hill:
'Tis nothing but the heron's cry,
And plover's answer shrill;
My child is flown on wilder wings
Than they have ever spread,
And I may even walk a waste
That widen'd when she fled.
Full many a thankless child has been,
But never one like mine;
Her meat was served on plates of gold,
Her drink was rosy wine;
But now she'll share the robin's food,
And sup the common rill,
Before her feet will turn again
To meet her father's will!


Scheme ABCDEFGFHIJIKLMLNOCOPIQI
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 011101 11011101 111111 1110111 110111 11110101 011101 11010101 010101 11010101 01101 11111101 111101 01110101 110111 110010111 110111 01111111 011101 11110101 010101 01011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 750
Words 148
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 561
Words per stanza (avg) 145
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. more…

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