Analysis of Death Song Of The Enfants Perdus.
'Tis here we invade the valley,
Away from the realms of breath,
And, in most successful sally,
We enter the gates of death;
So, stand in the last line steady,
'Tis here our true glory lies;
Hurrah for the dead already!
Three cheers for the next who dies!
Though here, the wet eyes of woman
Will fill with the falling tear,
Yet, facing old Death, our foeman,
We shout our reviving cheer.
Though high beat the hearts we cherish,
The dead we most highly prize:
Hurrah for the first to perish!
Three cheers for the next who dies!
The earth we now leave behind us,
The heavens now beckon before,
Though dust of the dead may blind us,
We march for the shining shore;
No more can our Hope deceive us,
Our heart to it now replies,
Hurrah for the first to leave us!
Three cheers for the next who dies!
Scheme | ababacaC dxdxeceC fgfgfcfC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010 0110111 00101010 1100111 11001110 11101101 01101010 1110111 11011110 1110101 11011101 11100101 11101110 0111101 01101110 1110111 01111011 01011001 11101111 1110101 111101011 10111101 01101111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 775 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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