Analysis of Gold and Grey
Harry Crosby 1898 (Boston) – 1929 (New York City)
War was romantic in the days of old.
The knight rode forth to battle unafraid,
Wearing the favour of some royal maid
Who loved him for his courage lionbold.
And thus he sought adventures manifold
In joust and tourney midst fanfaronade
Of trumpets, or else fought in a crusade
Gainst infidels, his honour to uphold.
But modern war is not at all the same.
There are no plumes to catch my lady's eye.
In dugouts deep or trenches lashed by rain,
Where poison gas creeps in to suffocate,
Where bullets slap against the parapet,
And barbéd wire crucifies the slain.
Scheme | ABBAAABACDEFGE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101000111 011111001 100111101 11111101 011101010 0101011 1101110001 110011101 1101111101 1111111101 011110111 110110110 110101010 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 446 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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