Analysis of Oh salute!
Oh salute...oh salute!
Oh my country great!salute!
Oh mother land, oh mother land-
All thy children, world salute!
Oh salute...oh salute!
Oh my country, great!salute!
All so spreading, lie so vast-
All so loving, world so fast,
So adored, adored the greatest-
Oh my country, great salute!
Mounts, the plains, rivers, so oceans-
Skies, all blessing, blessing well,
Nature all so blooming nice-
All ever, so wise, so wise,
Shining, shining, great oh great-
Oh mother land, sweetest, right,
Oh salute... oh salute!
Oh my country great!salute!
Tongues so varied, soul so one!
All her children love her well!
For her live, and die for her-
All her wishes keep so well,
Oh salute...oh salute!
Oh my country great, salute!
Glories of the ancient past-
All so kept and grown so vast,
Through her children, going, going-
As the wondrous thought, to greet,
Oh salute...oh salute!
Oh my country great! salute!
Oh mother land, oh mother land!
All thy children, world salute!
Scheme | AABAAAccdAefghijaAkflfAAccmnAABA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11101 11011101 1110101 1101 11101 1110111 1110111 10101010 1110101 10110110 1110101 1011101 1101111 1010111 1101101 101101 11101 1110111 1010101 1010110 1010111 1101 1110101 1010101 1110111 10101010 1010111 1101 1110101 11011101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 931 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 724 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 162 |
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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