Analysis of The Volunteer
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
He leap to arms unbidden,
Unneeded, over-bold;
His face by earth is hidden,
His heart in earth is cold.
Curse on the reckless daring
That could not wait the call,
The proud fantastic bearing
That would be first to fall!
O tears of human passion,
Blue not the image true;
This was not folly's fashion,
This was the man we knew.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD AXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111 010101 1111110 110111 1101010 111101 0101010 111111 1111010 110101 111110 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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