Analysis of France
Sydney Elliott Napier 1870 (Sydney) – 1940 (Chatswood)
OH, golden-lilied Queen—immortal France!
Thou heritress of storied name and deed,
As thou hast pluck’d, so oft, from cumb’ring weed
The fragrant flow’rs of Freedom and Romance,
So shalt thou seize to-day the fateful chance
That comes to thee in this thy hour of need,
When once again thy sacred frontiers bleed
Beneath the thrust of the Invader’s lance.
For, with the hour, hath also come again
The pure and splendid spirit of the Maid
To nerve they sons and wipe away thy tears,
Till, sanctified by Sorrow, purged by pain,
Thou shalt arise, unfettered, unafraid,
And walk in honour down the deathless years.
Scheme | ABBAABBA XCXXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 11110101 111111111 0101110001 1111110101 11110111011 1101110011 0101100101 11010110101 0101010101 1111010111 11110111 110101001 01011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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