Analysis of The Little House

Roderic Quinn 1867 (Surry Hills, New South Wales) – 1949 (Darlinghurst, New South Wales)



WHEN my heart goes a-roving
'Tis the wide ways for me,
And the fields, and the hills,
And the big, blue sea.
Then 'tis far, far I wander,
And 'tis little that you care,
With your wiles, and your smiles,
And your eyes and hair.
But the dream of you follows,
Or it gleams at my side;
And I turn, turn about,
For the world seems wide.
There's a rose-mist about you
And 'tis sweet, sweet you are,
With your throat and your cheeks
And your face a star.
When my heart comes a-homing
'Tis the little house I see,
Where you sit all alone
With a stool for me.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLKABMB
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111010 101111 001001 00111 1111110 0110111 111011 01101 1011110 111111 011101 10111 1011011 011111 111011 01101 1111010 1010111 111101 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 539
Words 112
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 411
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Roderic Quinn

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