Analysis of A Scot to Jeanne D’Arc

Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)



DARK Lily without blame,  
 Not upon us the shame,  
Whose sires were to the Auld Alliance true;  
 They, by the Maiden’s side,  
 Victorious fought and died;
One stood by thee that fiery torment through,  
 Till the White Dove from thy pure lips had passed,  
And thou wert with thine own St. Catherine at the last.  

Once only didst thou see,  
 In artist’s imagery,
Thine own face painted, and that precious thing  
 Was in an Archer’s hand  
 From the leal Northern land.


Scheme AABCCBDD EEXFF
Poetic Form
Metre 110011 101101 1101010101 110101 0100101 1111110011 1011111111 0111111100101 110111 010100 1111001101 10111 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 479
Words 83
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Richard Lang FRS CBE was a British scientist and crystallographer. more…

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