Analysis of The Caged Thrush Freed and Home Again (Villanelle)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
"Men know but little more than we,
Who count us least of things terrene,
How happy days are made to be!
"Of such strange tidings what think ye,
O birds in brown that peck and preen?
Men know but little more than we!
"When I was borne from yonder tree
In bonds to them, I hoped to glean
How happy days are made to be,
"And want and wailing turned to glee;
Alas, despite their mighty mien
Men know but little more than we!
"They cannot change the Frost's decree,
They cannot keep the skies serene;
How happy days are made to be
"Eludes great Man's sagacity
No less than ours, O tribes in treen!
Men know but little more than we
How happy days are made to be."
| Scheme | AbA abA abA abA abA xbAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 1111111 11011111 11110111 11011101 11110111 11111101 01111111 11011111 01010111 01011101 11110111 11010101 11010101 11011111 01111 111101101 11110111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 665 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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