Analysis of Clare's Dragoons.
Thomas Osborne Davis 1814 (Mallow, County Cork) – 1845 (Dublin)
When, on Ramillies' bloody field,
The baffled French were forced to yield,
The victor Saxon backward reeled
Before the charge of Clare's Dragoons.
The Flags we conquered in that fray
Look lone in Ypres' choir, they say,
We'll win them company to-day,
Or bravely die like Clare's Dragoons.
Viva la, for Ireland's wrong!
Viva la, for Ireland's right!
Viva la, in battle throng,
For a Spanish steed, and sabre bright!
The brave old lord died near the fight,
But, for each drop he lost that night,
A Saxon cavalier shall bite
The dust before Lord Clare's Dragoons.
For never, when our spurs were set,
And never, when our sabres met,
Could we the Saxon soldiers get
To stand the shock of Clare's Dragoons.
Viva la, the New Brigade!
Viva la, the Old one, too!
Viva la, the rose shall fade,
And the shamrock shine for ever new!
Another Clare is here to lead,
The worthy son of such a breed;
The French expect some famous deed,
When Clare leads on his bold Dragoons.
Our Colonel comes from Brian's race,
His wounds are in his breast and face,
The bearna baoghailis still his place,
The foremost of his bold Dragoons.
Viva la, the New Brigade!
Viva la, the Old one, too!
Viva la, the rose shall fade,
And the shamrock shine for ever new!
There's not a man in squadron here
Was ever known to flinch or fear;
Though first in charge and last in rere,
Have ever been Lord Clare's Dragoons;
But see! we'll soon have work to do,
To shame our boasts, or prove them true,
For hither comes the English crew,
To sweep away Lord Clare's Dragoons.
Viva la, for Ireland's wrong!
Viva la, for Ireland's right!
Viva la, in battle throng,
For a Spanish steed and sabre bright!
Oh! comrades! think how Ireland pines,
Her exiled lords, her rifled shrines,
Her dearest hope, the ordered lines,
And bursting charge of Clare's Dragoons.
Then fling your Green Flag to the sky.
Be "Limerick" your battle-cry,
And charge, till blood floats fetlock-high,
Around the track of Clare's Dragoons!
Viva la, the New Brigade!
Viva la, the Old one, too!
Viva la, the rose shall fade,
And the shamrock shine for ever new!
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) |
Metre | 111101 01010111 01010101 0101111 01110011 11011011 11110011 1101111 1011101 1011101 1010101 101010101 01111101 11111111 0100111 0101111 110110101 010110101 11010101 1101111 1010101 1010111 1010111 00111101 01011111 01011101 01011101 1111111 101011101 11101101 011111 011111 1010101 1010111 1010111 00111101 11010101 11011111 11010101 1101111 11111111 111011111 11010101 1101111 1011101 1011101 1010101 101010101 11111001 0110101 01010101 0101111 11111101 11001101 0111111 0101111 1010101 1010111 1010111 00111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,171 |
Words | 415 |
Sentences | 39 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
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 15, 2023
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