Analysis of How at Once
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
How at once should I know,
When stretched in the harvest blue
I saw the swift's black bow,
That I would not have that view
Another day
Until next May
Again it is due?
The same year after year -
But with the swift alone.
With other things I but fear
That they will be over and done
Suddenly
And I only see
Them to know them gone.
| Scheme | XAXABBA CXCXDDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1100101 110111 1111111 0101 0111 01111 011101 110101 1101111 11111001 100 01101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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