Analysis of The Hunger Strikers Of Ireland
Oh, let us appreciate those who gave
Their lives for the freedom of Ireland,
For such an offering is far beyond
Those who seek to understand.
Chorus.
Oh, the brave hunger strikers of Ireland
It is you whom we appreciate and not
The politicians who ignored the total
Courage of your fate.
For as an occupied country our martyrs
Whom we admire so loved Ireland that
They suffered and died offering their
Lives for us.
And many are the names which I could
Mention but now I imagine the cross
Which each of them bravely carried
To free the land of their birth.
For to offer one’s life for one’s nation
Is an act of love and bravery far
Beyond any type of comparison
Or that of comprehension.
Thus, I believe that those who sacrificed
Their lives for the freedom of Ireland
Are all now dwellers in the eternal
And heavenly home of God’s love.
Scheme | xAxx baxcx xxxb xxxx dxdd xAcx |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111010111 1110101100 1111001101 111101 10 10110101100 1111101001 0010101010 10111 11110101010 1101111001 110011001 111 010101111 1011101001 11111010 1101111 1110111110 1111101001 0110110100 111010 110111110 1110101100 1111000010 01001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 830 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on September 03, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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