Analysis of In Memoriam C. G. Gordon
Mary Hannay Foott 1846 (Glasgow) – 1918 (Bundaberg)
Devotion! When thy name is named,
What matchless visions rise!
The Hebrew, leaving Pharoah's house,
To Israel's rescue flies;
The Moabitess, gleans, content,
Beneath the burning skies.
The flower of Christendom is given
To gain the Holy Grave;
O'er Acre and o'er Askelon
The blessed banners wave;
By Edward's bed I see thee kneel,
O Queen beloved and brave!
Who art thou, girl, in warrior garb,
St. Catherine's sword in hand?
'Tis La Pucelle, and France is free;
O shame that thou must stand
Bound, helpless, at the cruel stake,
To wait the headman's brand!
And now upon the wild North Sea
From Lindisfarne's bleak shore,
To save the lives of shipwrecked men
A maiden plies the oar;
Seamen and landsmen honour thee,
Grace Darling, evermore!
And swifter, closer, as I muse,
The splendid spectres loom;
And stately stands among them one
To glory passed from gloom,
But late, by waters of the Nile,
In walls of lost Khartoum!
Scheme | XAXAXA BCBCXC XDEDXD EFXFEF XGBGXG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01011111 11101 0101011 110101 01110 010101 0101100110 110101 10100101 01101 11011111 110101 111101001 110101 1110111 111111 11010101 11011 01010111 1111 1101111 010101 100111 11010 01010111 01011 01010111 110111 11110101 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 901 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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