Analysis of Song For Heroes
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
Captain O’Hare was a mariner brave;
He refused to abandon his ship;
A hero, he sleeps in a watery grave—
And his widow is now Mrs. Bipp,
Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Bipp!
Henri Dupont was a fearless young ace;
Five thousand feet up he was hit;
Each year on his grave pretty flowers we place—
And his widow is now Mrs. Schmitt,
Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Schmitt!
Corporal Dunn was a volunteer bold;
He plunged in the deadliest fray;
A bayonet thrust laid him out stony cold—
And his widow is now Mrs. Gray,
Haw! Haw!
His widow is now Mrs. Gray!
But Peter McGuck was a cowardly sneak,
Like a hound he remained home in fear;
When fishing one day he fell into the creek—
And his widow is now Mrs. Greer,
Haw! Haw! Haw!
Mrs. William O’Houlihan Greer!
Scheme | ababCb dedeCe fgfgCg hihici |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101001 101101011 01011001001 011011101 11 11011101 1010101011 11011111 11111101011 011011101 11 11011101 100110011 11001001 0101111101 011011101 11 11011101 1101101001 101101101 11011110101 011011101 111 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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