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A Sower

Henry John Newbolt, Sir 1862 – 1938

With sanguine looks
And rolling walk
Among the rooks
He loved to stalk,
  
While on the land
With gusty laugh
From a full hand
He scattered chaff.
  
Now that within
His spirit sleeps
A harvest thin
The sickle reaps;
  
But the dumb fields
Desire his tread,
And no earth yields
A wheat more red.
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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 280
Words 57
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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Henry John Newbolt, Sir

Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum". more…

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