Analysis of To fight aloud, is very brave
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To fight aloud, is very brave—
But gallanter, I know
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of Woe—
Who win, and nations do not see—
Who fall—and none observe—
Whose dying eyes, no Country
Regards with patriot love—
We trust, in plumed procession
For such, the Angels go—
Rank after Rank, with even feet—
And Uniforms of Snow.
| Scheme | XAXA BXBX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11011101 1111 1101010 010011 11010111 110101 1101110 0111001 1101010 110101 11011101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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