Analysis of A Hero.
Eric Mackay 1835 – 1898
The warrior knows how fitful is the fight, -
How sad to live, - how sweet perchance to die.
Is Fame his joy? He meets her on the height,
And when he falls he shouts his battle-cry;
His eyes are wet; our own will not be dry.
Nor shall we stint his praise, or our delight,
When he survives to serve his Land aright
And make his fame the watchword of the sky.
In all our hopes his love is with us still;
He tends our faith, he soothes us when we grieve.
His acts are just; his word we must believe,
And none shall spurn him, though his blood they spill
To pierce the heart whose pride they cannot kill. -
Death dies for him whose fame is his reprieve!
Scheme | ABABBAABCDDCCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001110101 1111110111 1111110101 0111111101 11111011111 11111111001 110111111 011101101 01101111111 11101111111 1111111101 0111111111 1101111101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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