Analysis of Our Captain's Last Words
Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)
Where the foremost flag was flying,
Pierce'd by manny a shot and shell,
Where the bravest men were dying,
There our gallant captain fell.
"Boys! you follow now another;
Follow till the foe shall yield;"
Then he whisper'd, "Tell my mother
Stephen died upon the field."
"Mother!"
"Moth er!"
"Stephen died upon the field."
Through the battle they bore him,
But his words were growing wild;
Heeding not the scenes before him,
Stephen was once more a child.
"Ah, she comes! there is no other
Speaks my name with such a joy;
Press me to your bosom, mother,
Call my still your darling joy."
"Mother!"
"Mother !"
"Call my still your darling joy."
Men who were not used to weeping,
Turn'd aside to hide a tear,
When they saw the pallor creeping,
That assured them death was near.
Kindly as he were a brother,
Strangers caught his parting breath,
Laden with the mumur "mother"
Last upon his lips in death.
"Mother!"
"Mother!&qu ot;
Last upon his lips in death.
Scheme | ababcdcDCcD efefcgcGCCG axaxchcHCxH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011110 11100101 10101010 11010101 11101010 1010111 11101110 1010101 10 10 1010101 1010111 1110101 10101011 1011101 11111110 1111101 11111010 1111101 10 10 1111101 11011110 1011101 1110110 1011111 10110010 1011101 1010110 1011101 10 1011 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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