Analysis of The Soldier
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
Home furthest off grows dearer from the way;
And when the army in the Indias lay
Friends' letters coming from his native place
Were like old neighbours with their country face.
And every opportunity that came
Opened the sheet to gaze upon the name
Of that loved village where he left his sheep
For more contented peaceful folk to keep;
And friendly faces absent many a year
Would from such letters in his mind appear.
And when his pockets, chafing through the case,
Wore it quite out ere others took the place,
Right loath to be of company bereft
He kept the fragments while a bit was left.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEBBFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110101 010100011 1101011101 011111101 0100010011 1001110101 1111011111 1101010111 01010101001 1111001101 0111010101 1111110101 1111110001 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 474 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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