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 |
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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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