Analysis of The Maid of Keinton Mandeville (A Tribute To Sir H. Bishop)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
I hear that maiden still
Of Keinton Mandeville
Singing, in flights that played
As wind-wafts through us all,
Till they made our mood a thrall
To their aery rise and fall,
'Should he upbraid.'
Rose-necked, in sky-gray gown,
From a stage in Stower Town
Did she sing, and singing smile
As she blent that dexterous voice
With the ditty of her choice,
And banished our annoys
Thereawhile.
One with such song had power
To wing the heaviest hour
Of him who housed with her.
Who did I never knew
When her spoused estate ondrew,
And her warble flung its woo
In his ear.
Ah, she's a beldame now,
Time-trenched on cheek and brow,
Whom I once heard as a maid
From Keinton Mandeville
Of matchless scope and skill
Sing, with smile and swell and trill,
'Should he upbraid!'
Scheme | aabcccB ddxeexa fffgfgx hhbaaaB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1110 100111 111111 11110101 111101 111 110111 1010101 1110101 111111 1010101 0101001 1 1111110 11010010 111110 111101 101011 0010111 011 11011 111101 1111101 1110 11101 1110101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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