Analysis of To France
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
What is the gift we have given thee, Sister?
What is the trust we have laid in thy hand?
Hearts of our bravest, our best, and our dearest,
Blood of our blood we have sown in thy land.
What for all time will the harvest be, Sister?
What will spring up from the seed that is sown?
Freedom and peace and goodwill among Nations,
Love that will bind us with love all our own.
Bright is the path that is opening before us,
Upward and onward it mounts through the night:
Sword shall not sever the bonds that unite us
Leading the world to the fullness of light.
Sorrow hath made thee more beautiful, Sister,
Nobler and purer than ever before;
We who are chastened by sorrow and anguish
Hail thee as sister and queen evermore.
Scheme | ABXB ACXC DEDE AFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011110110 1101111011 11101010101010 11101111011 11111010110 1111101111 10010110110 11111111101 110111100011 1001011101 1111001111 1001101011 10111110010 1001011001 11110110010 111100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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