Analysis of Here They Trysted, And Here They Strayed
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
Here they trysted, here they strayed,
In the leafage dewy and boon,
Many a man and many a maid,
And the morn was merry June.
'Death is fleet, Life is sweet,'
Sang the blackbird in the may;
And the hour with flying feet,
While they dreamed, was yesterday.
Many a maid and many a man
Found the leafage close and boon;
Many a destiny began -
O, the morn was merry June!
Dead and gone, dead and gone,
(Hark the blackbird in the may!),
Life and Death went hurrying on,
Cheek on cheek--and where were they?
Dust on dust engendering dust
In the leafage fresh and boon,
Man and maid fulfil their trust -
Still the morn turns merry June.
Mother Life, Father Death
(O, the blackbird in the may!),
Each the other's breath for breath,
Fleet the times of the world away.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EBEBXDXD FBFBGDGD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 0011001 100101001 0011101 111111 1010001 00101101 111110 100101001 101101 10010001 1011101 101101 1010001 10111001 1110101 11111 001101 101111 1011101 101101 1010001 1010111 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 742 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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