Analysis of The Hateful Road
Frederick William (FW) Harvey 1888 (Hartpury, Gloucestershire) – 1957 (Yorkley, Gloucestershire)
Oh pleasant things there be
Without this prison yard :
Fields green, and many a tree
With shadow on the sward,
And drifting clouds that pass
Saihng above the grass.
All lovely things that be
Beyond this strong abode
Send comfort back to me ;
Yea, everything I see
Except the hateful road ;
The road that runs so free
With many a dip and rise,
That waves and beckons me
And mocks and calls at me
And will not let me be
Even when I close my eyes.
| Scheme | AX AX B B A CAA CA DAAA D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 011101 1101001 11101 010111 10101 110111 011101 110111 11011 010101 011111 1100101 110101 010111 011111 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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