Analysis of Great Twin Brethren, The
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
The battle will not cease
Till once again on those white steeds ye ride,
O heaven-descended Twins,
Before humanity's bewildered host.
Our javelins
Fly wide,
And idle is our cannon's boast.
Lead us, triumphant Brethren, Love and Peace.
A fairer Golden Fleece
Our more adventurous Argo fain would seek,
But save, O Sons of Jove,
Your blended light go with us, vain employ
It were to rove
This bleak,
Blind waste. To unimagined joy
Guide us, immortal Brethren, Love and Peace.
Scheme | ABCDABDAAEFGFEGA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 1101111111 1100101 0101000101 101 11 010110101 1101010101 010101 101010010111 111111 1101111101 1011 11 1110101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 373 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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