Analysis of Among The Tombs

Henry John Newbolt, Sir 1862 – 1938



She is a lady fair and wise,
Her heart her counsel keeps,
And well she knows of time that flies
And tide that onward sweeps;
But still she sits with restless eyes
Where Memory sleeps---
Where Memory sleeps.

Ye that have heard the whispering dead
In every wind that creeps,
Or felt the stir that strains the lead
Beneath the mounded heaps,
Tread softly, ah! more softly tread
Where Memory sleeps---
Where Memory sleeps.


Scheme ababaBB cbcbcBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 010101 01111111 011101 11111101 11001 11001 111101001 0100111 11011101 01011 11011101 11001 11001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 408
Words 75
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Henry John Newbolt, Sir

Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum". more…

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