Analysis of Waggon Hill
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling,
Treading his dear _Revenge's_ deck,
Watched, with the sea-dogs round him growling,
Galleons drifting wreck by wreck.
'Fetter and Faith for England's neck,
Faggot and Father, Saint and chain,---
Yonder the Devil and all go howling,
Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!
Drake at the last off Nombre lying,
Knowing the night that toward him crept,
Gave to the sea-dogs round him crying,
This for a sign before he slept:---
'Pride of the West! What Devon hath kept
Devon shall keep on tide or main;
Call to the storm and drive them flying,
Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!'
Valour of England gaunt and whitening,
Far in a South land brought to bay,
Locked in a death-grip all day tightening,
Waited the end in twilight gray.
Battle and storm and the sea-dog's way!
Drake from his long rest turned again,
Victory lit thy steel with lightning,
Devon, o Devon, in wind and rain!
Scheme | ababbcaC adaddcaC aeaeexaC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111010 101111 110111110 10010111 10011101 10010101 1001001110 101100101 11011110 100110111 110111110 11010111 110111011 10111111 110101110 101100101 111010100 10011111 1001111100 1001011 100100111 11111101 100111110 101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 894 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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