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.


Scheme ABACDDDC EEEAFFFB
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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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sophie M Almon Hensley

Sophie Margaretta Almon Hensley was a Canadian writer and educator. She also published under the names Gordon Hart, J. Try-Davies and Almon Hensley. The daughter of Sarah Frances DeWolfe and Henry Pryor Almon, an Anglican minister, she was born Sophie Margaretta Almon in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. more…

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