Analysis of Wanderers
James Hebblethwaite 1857 (Preston) – 1921
AS I rode in the early dawn,
While stars were fading white,
I saw upon a grassy slope
A camp-fire burning bright;
With tent behind and blaze before,
Three loggers in a row
Sang all together joyously—
Pull up the stakes and go!
As I rode on by Eagle Hawk,
The wide blue deep of air,
The wind through the glittering leaves,
The flowers so sweet and fair,
The thunder of the rude salt waves,
The creek’s soft overflow,
All joined in chorus to the words—
Pull up the stakes and go!
Now by the tent on forest skirt,
By odour of the earth,
By sight and scent of morning smoke,
By evening camp-fire’s mirth,
By deep-sea call and foaming green,
By new stars’ gleam and glow,
By summer trails in antique lands—
Pull up the stakes and go!
The world is wide, and we are young,
And sounding marches beat,
And passion pipes her sweetest call
In lane and field and street;
So rouse the chorus, brothers all,
We’ll something have to show
When Death comes round and strikes our tent—
Pull up the stakes and go!
Scheme | xaxaxbcBxdxdxbxB xexexbxB xfcfcbxB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100101 110101 11010101 0110101 11010101 110001 110101 110101 11111101 011111 01101001 0101101 01010111 01110 11010101 110101 11011101 11101 11011101 1101101 11110101 111101 11010011 110101 01110111 010101 01010101 010101 11010101 110111 111101101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,067 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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