Analysis of A Youth Mowing
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
There are four men mowing down by the Isar;
I can hear the swish of the scythe-strokes, four
Sharp breaths taken: yea, and I
Am sorry for what's in store.
The first man out of the four that's mowing
Is mine, I claim him once and for all;
Though it's sorry I am, on his young feet, knowing
None of the trouble he's led to stall.
As he sees me bringing the dinner, he lifts
His head as proud as a deer that looks
Shoulder-deep out of the corn; and wipes
His scythe-blade bright, unhooks
The scythe-stone and over the stubble to me.
Lad, thou hast gotten a child in me,
Laddie, a man thou'lt ha'e to be,
Yea, though I'm sorry for thee.
Scheme | AAXA BCBC DXXD EEEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1111101101 1110110111 1110101 1101101 0111101110 111111011 111011111110 110101111 11111001011 111110111 101110101 11111 01101001011 111100101 10111111 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 686 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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