Analysis of Marching (As Seen From the Left File)

Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)



My eyes catch ruddy necks
Sturdily pressed back -
All a red brick moving glint.
Like flaming pendulums, hands
Swing across the khaki -
Mustard-coloured khaki -
To the automatic feet.
We husband the ancient glory
In these bared necks and hands.
Not broke is the forge of Mars;
But a subtler brain beats iron
To shoe the hoofs of death,
(Who paws dynamic air now).
Blind fingers loose an iron cloud
To rain immortal darkness
On strong eyes.


Scheme ABCDEEFEDGHIJKLM
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111 1011101 11011 101010 101010 100101 11001010 011101 1110111 101001110 110111 1101011 11011101 1101010 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 431
Words 81
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 346
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Rosenberg

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