Analysis of An Old-Time Lay
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
Where your brood seven lie,
Float in calm heavenly,
Life passing evenly,
Waterfowl, waterfowl! often I dream
For a rest
Like your nest,
Skirting the stream.
Shine the sun tearfully
Ere the clouds clear fully,
Still you skim cheerfully,
Swallow, oh! swallow swift! often I sigh
For a home
Where you roam
Nearing the sky!
Guileless of pondering;
Swallow-eyes wandering;
Seeking no fonder ring
Than the rose-garland Love gives thee apart!
Grant me soon--
Blessed boon!
Home in thy heart!
Scheme | ABBCDDC BBBAEEA FFFGHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 101100 110100 10101011 101 111 1001 101100 101110 111100 1011011011 101 111 1001 101100 101100 101101 1011011101 111 11 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 472 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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