Analysis of Battle Song.
Sophie M Almon Hensley 1866 (Bridgetown) – 1946 (Windsor)
Clear sounds the call on high:
"To arms and victory!"
Brave hearts that win or die,
Dying, may win;
Proudly the banners wave,
What though the goal's the grave?
Death cannot harm the brave, -
Through death they win.
Softly the evening hush
Stilling strife's maddened rush
Cools the fierce battle flush, -
See the day die;
A thousand faces white
Mirror the cold moonlight
And glassy eyes are bright
With Victory.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 110100 111111 1011 100101 110101 110101 1111 100101 1111 101101 1011 010101 10011 010111 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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