Analysis of The Shepherd Boy
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
LIKE some vision olden
Of far other time,
When the age was golden,
In the young world's prime
Is thy soft pipe ringing,
O lonely shepherd boy,
What song art thou singing,
In thy youth and joy?
Or art thou complaining
Of thy lowly lot,
And thine own disdaining
Dost ask what thou hast not?
Of the future dreaming,
Weary of the past,
For the present scheming,
All but what thou hast.
No, thou art delighting
In thy summer home;
Where the flowers inviting
Tempt the bee to roam;
Where the cowslip bending,
With its golden bells,
Of each glad hour's ending
With a sweet chime tells.
All wild creatures love him
When he is alone,
Every bird above him
Sings its softest tone.
Thankful to high Heaven,
Humble in thy joy,
Much to thee is given,
Lowly shepherd boy.
Scheme | ABABCDCD CECECFCF CGCGCHCH IJIJADAD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 11101 101110 00111 111110 110101 111110 01101 111010 11101 011010 111111 101010 10101 101010 11111 111010 01101 1010010 10111 101010 11101 1111010 10111 111011 11101 1001011 11101 101110 10011 111110 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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