Analysis of Deer

John Drinkwater 1882 ( Leytonstone, London, ) – 1937 ( London)



Shy in their herding dwell the fallow deer.
They are spirits of wild sense. Nobody near
Comes upon their pastures. There a life they live,
Of sufficient beauty, phantom, fugitive
Treading as in jungles free leopards do,
Printless as evelight, instant as dew.
The great kine are patient, and home-coming sheep
Know our bidding. The fallow deer keep
Delicate and far their counsels wild,
Never to be folded reconciled
To the spoiling hand as the poor flocks are;
Lightfoot, and swift, and unfamiliar,
These you may not hinder, unconfined
Beautiful flocks of the mind.


Scheme AABCDDEEFFGHII
Poetic Form
Metre 101101011 111011111 10111010111 10101010100 1010101101 1111011 01111001101 110100111 100011101 10111010 1010110111 1010010 11111001 1001101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 552
Words 94
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 453
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater (1 June 1882 – 25 March 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. more…

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