Analysis of Homesick

Fay Inchfawn 1880 (Portishead) – 1978 ( Freshford)



I shut my eyes to rest 'em, just a bit ago it seems,
An' back among the Cotswolds I were wanderin' in me dreams.
I saw the old grey homestead, with the rickyard set around,
An' catched the lowin' of the herd, a pleasant, homelike sound.
Then on I went a-singin', through the pastures where the sheep
Was lyin' underneath the elms, a-tryin' for to sleep.

An' where the stream was tricklin' by, half stifled by the grass,
Heaped over thick with buttercups, I saw the corncrake pass.
For 'twas Summer, Summer, SUMMER! An' the blue forget-me-nots
Wiped out this dusty city and the smoky chimbley pots.
I clean forgot My Lady's gown, the dazzlin' sights I've seen;
I was back among the Cotswolds, where me heart has always been.

Then through the sixteen-acre on I went, a stiffish climb,
Right to the bridge, where all our sheep comes up at shearin' time.
There was the wild briar roses hangin' down so pink an' sweet,
A-droppin' o' their fragrance on the clover at my feet
An' here me heart stopped beatin', for down by Gatcombe's Wood
My lad was workin' with his team, as only my lad could!

"COME BACK!" was what the tricklin' brook an' breezes seemed to say.
"'TIS LONESOME ON THE COTSWOLDS NOW THAT MARY DREW'S AWAY."

An' back again I'm goin' (for me wages has been paid,
An' they're lookin' through the papers for another kitchen maid).
Back to the old grey homestead, an' the uplands cool an' green,
To my lad among the Cotswolds, where me heart has always been!


Scheme AABBCC DDEEFG HHIIJJ KK LLFG
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111010111 110101101011 110111101101 110110101011 1111011010101 11010101111 1101111110101 110111011011 111010101010111 1111010001011 1101110101111 1110101111111 1100110111011 110111101111101 11011010111111 0111101010111 11111111111 1111111110111 1111011110111 1101011110101 1101111110111 11110101010101 1101111010111 1110101111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,452
Words 271
Sentences 14
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 2, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Fay Inchfawn

Elizabeth Rebecca Ward (2 December 1880 – 16 April 1978) was a prolific English writer of popular verse, religious works, and works for children. She wrote under the pen-name Fay Inchfawn. Her works were serialised in women's magazines, and she was sometimes known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home". more…

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