Analysis of Men Who March Away
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Song of the Soldiers
What of the faith and fire within us
Men who march away
Ere the barn-cocks say
Night is growing gray,
To hazards whence no tears can win us;
What of the faith and fire within us
Men who march away!
Is it a purblind prank, O think you,
Friend with the musing eye
Who watch us stepping by,
With doubt and dolorous sigh?
Can much pondering so hoodwink you?
Is it a purblind prank, O think you,
Friend with the musing eye?
Nay. We see well what we are doing,
Though some may not see --
Dalliers as they be --
England's need are we;
Her distress would leave us rueing:
Nay. We well see what we are doing,
Though some may not see!
In our heart of hearts believing
Victory crowns the just,
And that braggarts must
Surely bite the dust,
Press we to the field ungrieving,
In our heart of hearts believing
Victory crowns the just.
Hence the faith and fire within us
Men who march away
Ere the barn-cocks say
Night is growing gray,
To hazards whence no tears can win us;
Hence the faith and fire within us
Men who march away.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1101010011 11101 10111 11101 110111111 1101010011 11101 11011111 110101 111101 11011 11100111 11011111 110101 111111110 11111 1111 10111 0011111 111111110 11111 010111010 100101 0111 10101 111011 010111010 100101 101010011 11101 10111 11101 110111111 101010011 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,042 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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