Analysis of Mariana In The North

Victoria Sackville-West 1862 (Paris) – 1936 (Roedean, Sussex)



All her youth is gone, her beautiful youth outworn,
Daughter of tarn and tor, the moors that were once her home
No longer know her step on the upland tracks forlorn
Where she was wont to roam.

All her hounds are dead, her beautiful hounds are dead,
That paced beside the hoofs of her high and nimble horse,
Or streaked in lean pursuit of the tawny hare that fled
Out of the yellow gorse.

All her lovers have passed, her beautiful lovers have passed,
The young and eager men that fought for her arrogant hand,
And the only voice which endures to mourn for her at the last
Is the voice of the lonely land.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 10111010011 1011010110101 1101011010101 111111 101110100111 1101011010101 1101011010111 110101 10101101001011 01010111101001 001011011110101 10110101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 600
Words 117
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Victoria Sackville-West

Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Lady Sackville married her first cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. Their daughter was the writer, poet and gardener Vita Sackville-West. more…

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