Analysis of A Soldier Lad
He, lying cold, this lonely night
Far from his home - some distant land,
The soldier lad who came to fight.
And marching tall, a-left, a-right,
A Queen's cadet at her command,
He, lying cold, this lonely night.
He feared the day, as well he might,
As his detachment made their stand,
The soldier lad who came to fight.
Then as the sky was rendered bright
With shells a-plenty bursting fanned,
He, lying cold, this lonely night.
His battle raging at its height,
There, midst the turmoil, trumped the band,
The soldier lad who came to fight.
So far away the morning's light
And late to come to reprimand.
He, lying cold, this lonely night
The soldier lad who came to fight.
Scheme | AbA abA abA abA abA abAA |
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Poetic Form | Villanelle |
Metre | 11011101 11111101 01011111 01010101 01011001 11011101 11011111 11010111 01011111 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010111 1101101 01011111 11010101 0111110 11011101 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 653 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
A Victorian style (8 syllable) villanelle. This 2012 write differs from most villanelles in that its theme is not pastoral. However, it uses the villanelle form.
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