Analysis of The Aftermath
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Although my blood I've shed
In war's red wrath,
Oh how I darkly dread
Its aftermath!
Oh how I fear the day
Of my release,
When I must face the fray
Of phoney peace!
When I must fend again
In labour strife;
And toil with sweat and strain
For kids and wife.
The world is so upset
I battled for,
That grimly I regret
The peace of war.
The wounds are hard to heal
Of shell and shard,
But O the way to weal
Is bitter hard!
Though looking back I see
A gory path,
How bloody black can be
War's Aftermath!
Scheme | ABABCDCD XEXEFGFG HIHIJBJB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 0111 111101 110 111101 1101 111101 1101 111101 011 011101 1101 011101 1101 110101 0111 011111 1101 110111 1101 110111 0101 110111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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