Analysis of Swallows
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall 1883 (Gunnersbury, London) – 1922 (Vancouver)
O LITTLE hearts, beat home, beat home,
Here is no place to rest.
Night darkens on the falling foam
And on the fading west.
O little wings, beat home, beat home.
Love may no longer roam.
O, Love has touched the fields of wheat
And Love has crowned the corn,
And we must follow Love's white feet
Through all the ways of morn.
Through all the silver roads of air
We pass and have no care.
The silver roads of Love are wide,
O winds that turn, O stars that guide.
Sweet are the ways that Love has trod
Through the clear skies that reach to God.
But in the cliff-grass Love builds deep
A place where wandering wings may sleep.
| Scheme | ABABAA CDCDEE FFGGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 111111 1110101 010101 11011111 111101 11110111 011101 01110111 110111 11010111 110111 01011111 11111111 11011111 10111111 10011111 011100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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