Analysis of Washington
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Oh, hero of our younger race!
Great builder of a temple new!
Ruler, who sought no lordly place!
Warrior who sheathed the sword he drew!
Lover of men, who saw afar
A world unmarred by want or war,
Who knew the path, and yet forbore
To tread, till all men should implore;
Who saw the light, and led the way
Where the gray world might greet the day;
Father and leader, prophet sure,
Whose will in vast works shall endure,
How shall we praise him on this day of days,
Great son of fame who has no need of praise?
How shall we praise him? Open wide the -
Of heroes moves o’er unresounding floors
Men whose brawned arms upraised these colors high
And reared the towers that vanish in the sky,-
The strong who, having wrought, can never, never die.
Scheme | ABAB CDCDEE FFGG XXHHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 11010101 1011111 100110111 10111101 0111111 1101011 11111101 11010101 10111101 10010101 11011101 1111111111 1111111111 111111010 1101111 111111101 01010110001 011101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 733 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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