Analysis of Victories Of The Heart
There's not a stately hall,
There's not a cottage fair,
That proudly stands on Southern soil,
Or softly nestles there,
But in its peaceful walls
With wealth or comfort blessed,
A stormy battle fierce hath raged
In gentle woman's breast.
There Love, the true, the brave,
The beautiful, the strong,
Wrestles with Duty, gaunt and stern,-
Wrestles and struggles long.
He falls, no more again
His giant foe to meet;
Bleeding at every opening vein,
Love falls at Duty's feet.
O Daughter of the South!
No victor's crown be thine,
Not thine upon the tented field
In martial pomp to shine;
But with unfaltering trust
In Him who rules on high,
To deck thy loved ones for the fray,
And send them forth to die.
She, the tried, the true,
The loving wife of years,
Chokes down the rising agony,
Drives back the starting tears;
'I yield thee up,' she cries,
'In the country's cause to fight;
Strike for our own, our children's home
And God defend the right.'
O Daughter of the South!
When our fair land is free,
When peace her lovely mantle throws
Softly o'er land and sea,
History shall tell how thou
Hast nobly borne thy part,
And won the proudest triumph yet -
The victory of the heart.
Scheme | xaxaxbxb xcxcxdxd Efxfxgxg xxhxxixi Ehxhxjxj |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 110101 110101 11011101 110101 101101 111101 01010111 010101 110101 010001 10110101 100101 111101 110111 1011001001 11111 110101 110111 1101011 010111 1111 011111 11111101 011111 10101 010111 11010100 110101 111111 0010111 1110110101 010101 110101 1101111 11010101 1010101 1001111 110111 01010101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,143 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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