Analysis of Stag and Stately
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
The hills allow his roaming
The heather beautifies
And clouds rehearse the changing
Of skies, and then more skies.
And crofters see his wandering
More Kingly than the sheep.
But he might bring wall trophy
And little more to keep.
So let His Highness wander
With careful steps o’er crags
And trumpet for His Lady fair.
And young of whom he brags.
(I always envision the famous painting by Edwin H. Landseer entitled Monarch of the Glen.)
Scheme | ABABACXCXBXB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 0101 0101010 110111 0111100 110101 1111110 010111 1111010 110111 01011101 011111 1101001010110110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on January 19, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
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