Analysis of Sir Giles' War-Song
William Morris 1834 (Walthamstow) – 1896 (London)
Ho! is there any will ride with me,
Sir Giles, le bon des barrières?
The clink of arms is good to hear,
The flap of pennons fair to see;
Ho! is there any will ride with me,
Sir Giles, le bon des barrières?
The leopards and lilies are fair to see;
"St. George Guienne" right good to hear:
Ho! is there any will ride with me,
Sir Giles, le bon des barrières?
I stood by the barrier,
My coat being blazon'd fair to see;
Ho! is there any will ride with me,
Sir Giles, le bon des barrières?
Clisson put out his head to see,
And lifted his basnet up to hear;
I pulled him through the bars to ME,
Sir Giles, le bon des barrières.
| Scheme | AB caAB acAB xaAB acaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 1101111 01111111 0111111 111101111 1101111 0100101111 1111111 111101111 1101111 1110100 11101111 111101111 1101111 1111111 01011111 11110111 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 618 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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