Analysis of Mateship
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
But when the war-worn, knowing all
Of glory, horror and hate,
Abandons all for the heart's sure call
And the need of a stricken mate.
Better than all the man-made creeds
Begotten in hate's foul fog,
Furthered by dark and bloody deeds
In the name of the under-dog;
Better than 'rights' conceived in rage,
With policy, plot and plan,
Earth's rich, rejected heritage,
The love of man for man.
Scheme | ABAB CXCXXDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 1101001 010110111 00110101 10110111 0100111 10110101 00110101 10110101 1100101 11010100 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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