Analysis of Oh For the Swords of Former Time
Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)
Oh for the swords of former time!
Oh for the men who bore them,
When, arm'd for Right, they stood sublime,
And tyrants crouch'd before them:
When free yet, ere courts began
With honours to enslave him,
The best honours worn by Man
Were those which Virtue gave him.
Oh for the swords, etc., etc.
Oh for the Kings who flourish'd then!
Oh for the pomp that crown'd them,
When hearts and hands of freeborn men
Were all the ramparts round them.
When, safe built on bosoms true,
The throne was but the centre,
Round which Love a circle drew
That Treason durst not enter.
Oh, for the Kings who flourish'd then!
Oh for the pomp that crown'd them,
When hearts and hands of freeborn men
Were all the ramparts round them!
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Metre | 11011101 1101111 11111101 0101011 1111101 111011 011111 0111011 1101100100 11011101 1101111 11011101 010111 111111 0111010 1110101 1101110 11011101 1101111 11011101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 12 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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