Analysis of Translation Of The Famous Greek War Song
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Sons of the Greeks, arise!
The glorious hour's gone forth,
And, worthy of such ties,
Display who gave us birth.
CHORUS.
Sons of Greeks! let us go
In arms against the foe,
Till their hated blood shall flow
In a river past our feet.
Then manfully despising
The Turkish tyrant's yoke,
Let your country see you rising,
And all her chains are broke.
Brave shades of chiefs and sages,
Behold the coming strife!
Hellenes of past ages,
Oh, start again to life!
At the sound of my trumpet, breaking
Your sleep, oh, loin with me!
And the seven-hill'd city seeking,
Fight, conquer, till we're free.
Sons of Greeks, &c.
Sparta, Sparta, why in slumbers
Lethargic dolt thou lie?
Awake, and join thy numbers
With Athens, old ally!
Leonidas recalling,
That chief of ancient song,
Who saved ye once from falling,
The terrible! the strong!
Who made that bold diversion
In old Thermopylæ
And warring with the Persian
To keep his country free;
With his three hundred waging
The battle, long he stood,
And like a lion raging,
Expired in seas of blood.
Sons of Greeks, &c.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 01001011 010111 011111 10 111111 010101 1110111 00101101 1100010 01011 11101110 010111 1111010 010101 11110 110111 101111010 111111 001011010 110111 1111 1010101 010111 0101110 110110 1010 111101 1111110 010001 1111010 011 0101010 111101 1111010 010111 0101010 010111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,021 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 12, 1, 17 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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