Analysis of An Indian Massacre-Song.

John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)



See, the waves clasp the Sun, as he sinks from our sight,
And Despair sullen rides on the wings of the night;
Lo! he comes, and reproaches our arms with delay, -
Then arise, let us go where Revenge points the way!

In the deed should we fall, (since who'll e'er breathe a slave?)
Our free souls shall repose in the realms of the brave;
In the song we shall live, and fresh heroes inspire,
While the son shall exult in the fate of his sire.

Then know, ye white race! ye too long shake the rod;
By this arm ye shall soon be dismiss'd to your God!
Then demand, if he bade ye torment, why he gave
All the soul of a man to the breast of a slave?

Then prepare; know our hatchets atone for our wrong,
And our hearts, like our hatchets, are stubborn and strong:
Sleep your last! ye no more shall the morning survey,
Nor shall sorrow arise with the break of the day.

Yes, remember the lashes that pierc'd thro' our flesh!
See the wounds of our fathers; they open afresh!
In the winds, hark! blue Avrin attends to our call;
I, your chief, will be first in your glories, or fall!


Scheme AABB CCXX DDCC EEBB FFGG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Metre 1011011111101 001101101101 11101101101 101111101101 0011111110101 1011101001101 001111011001 1011010011110 11111111101 111111101111 10111111111 101101101101 10111010011101 01011101011001 111111101001 111001101101 1010010111101 1011101011001 001111011101 111111011011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,060
Words 213
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Carr, Sir

Sir John Carr (1772–1832) was an English barrister and (travel) writer. more…

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