Analysis of For Charity's Sake
Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874
'Oh dark-eyed maid,'
The soldier said,
'I've been wounded in many a fray,
But such a dart
As you shoot to my heart
I never felt till to-day.
Then give to me
Kisses, one, two, three,
All for dear Charity's sake.
And pity my pain,
And meet me again,
Or else my heart must break.'
Peggy was kind,
She would save the blind
Black fly that shimmered the ale,
And her quick hand stopped
If a grass-moth dropped
In the drifted snows of the pail.
One, two, three,
Kisses gave she,
All for dear Charity's sake;
And she pitied his pain,
And she met him again,
For fear his heart should break.
The bugle blew,
The merry flag flew,
The squadron clattered the town;
The twigs were bright on the minster elm,
He wore a primrose in his helm
As they clattered thro' the town.
Heydey, holiday, on we go!
Heydey, holiday, blow boys, blow!
Clattering thro' the town.
And when the minster leaves were sear,
On a far red field by a dark sea drear,
In dust and thunder, and cheer, boys, cheer,
The bold dragoon went down.
Shiver, poor Peggy, the wind blows high;
Beg a penny as I go by,
All for sweet Charity's sake:
Hold the thin hand from the shawl,
Turn the wan face to the wall,
Turn the face, let the hot tears fall,
For fear your heart should break.
Scheme | xxabba ccDefd gghiih ccDefd jjkllkmmk nank oodpppd |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 0101 111001001 1101 111111 1101111 1111 10111 1111001 01011 01101 111111 1011 11101 1111001 00111 10111 00101101 111 1011 1111001 01111 011101 111111 0101 01011 010101 010110101 1101011 111101 110111 110111 100101 01010101 1011110111 010100111 01111 101100111 10101111 1111001 1011101 1011101 10110111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,197 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 9, 4, 7 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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