Analysis of Music for Gallant Cossacks (with orchestra of Andre Rieu)
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
They whirl and gallop as they please
On golden plain bereft of trees
Their coming hoof beats rouse up dread
The blood and tales of many dead
Who dared to raise a hope so bold
As seize their precious plain of gold.
The charge, the dance so much the same
With hearts poured out in patriot flame.
The women back at Camp are sure
Their men beat Russian hearts so pure.
Black boots to flash while fiddles play
And lethal kicks subdued today.
Clarinet squeezes sadder notes
See Volga River crossing boats.
The horses rest
The men pull oars.
The women bosses
Call out chores.
And count the gold
Through fingers glad.
Their Cossack warriors
Not half bad.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHIJICKLK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 11010111 11011111 01011101 11110111 11110111 01011101 111101001 01011111 11110111 11111101 01010101 0110101 11010101 0101 0111 01010 111 0101 1101 110100 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 519 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Written on February 05, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
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