Analysis of Intro to Chapter IX. Campaign of 1783

Joseph Plumb Martin 1760 (Becket, MA) – 1850 (Stockton Springs, ME)



When we see th’ end of strife and war–
And gain what we contended for;–
Remember that our thanks are due
To Him whose mercy brings us through.


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Balliol rhyme 
Quatrain 
Metre 1111111101 01110101 010110111 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 148
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Joseph Plumb Martin

Joseph Plumb Martin's claim to fame was his some 7 years spent serving in the American Revolutionary War starting at the age of 15 and his story, "A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents That Occurred Within His Own Observation," (as he originally titled and published it in 1830, AKA Private Yankee Doodle). Though his notoriety is mostly posthumous, as this work went largely undiscovered until the 1950's, historians since have marveled it as a compelling memoir on war's hardships (though it includes some embellishments, as it is known Martin could not have been aware or privy to certain other wartime developments) and its vivid account of a Continental soldier's life during that conflict. Martin settled in Maine after the war and served as a town clerk and justice of the peace. more…

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