Analysis of A Medley: Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead (The Princess)
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swoon'd nor utter'd cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
"She must weep or she will die."
Then they praised him, soft and low,
Call'd him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place,
Lightly to the warrior stepped,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
Yet she neither moved nor wept.
Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee--
Like summer tempest came her tears--
"Sweet my child, I live for thee."
| Scheme | ABABCXCXDEDE XFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101001 1111101 1010101 1111111 1111101 1110111 1010101 1110111 1010101 10101001 1011101 1110111 1011101 1110101 11010101 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 516 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 21, 2023
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