Analysis of Glory
Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946
I canna' see ye, lad, I canna' see ye,
For a' yon glory that's aboot yer heid,
Yon licht that haps ye, an' the hosts that's wi' ye,
Aye, but ye live, an' it's mysel' that's deid!
They gae'd frae mill and mart; frae wind-blawn places,
And grey toon-closes; i' the empty street
Nae mair the bairns ken their steps, their faces,
Nor stand to listen to the trampin' feet.
Beside the brae, and soughin' through the rashes,
Yer voice comes back to me at ilka turn,
Amang the whins, an' whaur the water washes
The arn-treewi' its feet amangst the burn.
Whiles ye come back to me when day is fleein',
And a' the road oot-by is dim wi' nicht,
But weary een like mine is no for seein',
An', gin they saw, they wad be blind wi' licht.
Daith canna' kill. The mools o' France lie o'er ye,
An' yet ye live, O sodger o' the Lord!
For Him that focht wi' daith an' dule afore ye,
He gie'd the life - 'twas Him that gie'd the sword.
But gin ye see my face or gin ye hear me,
I daurna' ask, I maunna' seek to ken,
Though I should dee, wi' sic a glory near me,
By nicht or day, come ben, my bairn, come ben!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF FBFX AGAG AHAH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111111 101101111 11111101111 111111111 11110111110 0111010101 1101111110 111101011 0101011010 1111111101 1011101010 01111101 1111111111 0001111111 1101111111 1111111111 11101111101 111111101 1111111111 1101111101 11111111111 11111111 11111101011 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,079 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 06, 2023
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