Analysis of T. S. Eliot Recollected
Recollection of T. S. Eliot
(Murder in the Cathedral. This is a truncation of the Play's Foreward/Chorus)
Autumn comes
October through November
Poor ones wander
Neath the Cathedral's overhang.
Scraps and bruised and off-cast.
Only to be gathered.
Winter, and fireside perhaps.
Boots off, hands warming
Dreams of muddy spring.
Charity, compassion
Only in teaspoons.
Becket.
Remembering his displaying
Good Shepherd, Jesus, Hillside
Gatherings, tales, healings.
He was good for all of that.
Archbishop was.
But see now, governance
Is good for King or barons.
Sneers and swords.
Coins in a pot, clothes in a hamper.
Mostly for show.
Celebrations for the carefree.
Dressed gaily.
We weep copiously.
Snows, blasting winds are coming.
We must batten the home.
Preparing for Christ Child, once again.
Scheme | A B XCCXXXXDDXXADXBXX XXXCXEEEDXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 010111100 100001011010101110 101 0101010 1110 10110 101011 101110 1001001 11110 11101 100010 1001 10 01001010 110101 10011 1111111 1101 111100 1111110 101 100110010 1011 010101 110 11100 1101110 111001 010111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 799 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 17, 11 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
A paraphrase of the First Chorus in Murder in the Cathedral, a play. Set in Canterbury. Wonderful place to visit. 1979. Went to the basement where Becket was killed. Spooky, yet somehow beautiful too.
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Written on March 09, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 09, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 11, 2023
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