Analysis of Before, Behind, And Beyond
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
O the sunny days before us, before us, before us,
When all was bright
From holt to height,
And the heavens were shining o'er us;
When sound and scent, with vision blent,
Wingèd Hope, and perched Content,
Joys that came, and ills that went,
Seemed singing all in chorus.
O the dreary days behind us, behind us, behind us,
When all is dark,
And care, and cark,
Or transient gleams remind us
Of fruitless sighs, averted eyes,
Baffled hopes and loosened ties,
Pain that lingers, time that flies,
And the hot tears come and blind us.
Oh! is there nought beyond us, beyond us, beyond us,
When all the dead,
The changed, the fled,
Will rise, and look as fond as
Ere Faith put out, and Love in rout,
Foes with vigour, friends without,
Pique and rancour, make us doubt
Hoc tolerare pondus?
Scheme | ABBABCCA ADDAEEEA AFFXGGGA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101011011011 1111 1111 0010010101 11011101 1110110 1110111 1101010 10101011011011 1111 0101 1101011 11010101 1010101 1110111 00111011 1111011011011 1101 0101 1101111 11110101 111101 101111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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