Analysis of Langemarck
A glory lights the skies of Flanders
Where the blood-stained fields lie bare,
Where the clouds of war have gathered,
Built their parapets in the air;
Halted stands the Teuton army,
Checked its onslaught at a sign;
Forward roll the warlike forces,
Sons of Canada in line.
Let them taste of Northern courage
Where the lordly maple grows;
Let them face the heroes nurtured
Where the stars have wed the snows;
We are sons of sires undaunted,
Children of the hills and plains;
Ours a courage born of duty,
Pluck and dash of many strains.
Tell it to our children's children
How Canadians saved the day;
Write it with the pen of history,
Sing it as a fireside lay;
How at Langemarck in Flanders,
Though the odds were eight to one,
Our Canadians stood unbroken,
Sword to sword, and gun to gun.
For Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Scheme | ABCBDEXE XFCFXGDG HIDIAHHH B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101110 1011111 10111110 111001 1010110 111101 1010110 1110001 11111010 101101 11101010 1011101 11111010 1010101 100101110 1011101 111101010 10100101 111011100 1110101 111010 1010111 1001001010 1110111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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