Analysis of Home--Coming
Robert Laurence Binyon 1869 – 1943
From the howl of the wind
As I opened the door
And entered, the firelight
Was soft on the floor.
Mute each in their places
Were table and chair,
The white wall, the shadows,
Awaiting me there.
All was strange on a sudden!
From the stillness a spell,
A fear or a fancy,
Across my heart fell.
Were they waiting another
To sit by the hearth?
Was it I saw them newly,
A stranger on earth?
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDED XXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 101101 111001 01001 11101 110110 01001 01101 01011 1111010 101001 011010 01111 0110010 11101 1111110 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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