Analysis of For A Trafalgar Cenotaph
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
Lover of England, stand awhile and gaze
With thankful heart, and lips refrained from praise;
They rest beyond the speech of human pride
Who served with Nelson and with Nelson died.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 1011010101 1101010111 1101011101 1111001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 185 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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