Analysis of Eucles Announcing the Victory of Marathon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
He cometh from the purple hills,
Where the fight has been to-day;
He bears the standard in his hand—
Shout round the victor’s way.
The sun-set of a battle won,
Is round his steps from Marathon.
Gather the myrtles near,
And fling them on his path;
Take from her braided hair
The flowers the maiden hath,
A welcome to the welcome one,
Who hastens now from Marathon.
They crowd around his steps,
Rejoicing young and old;
The laurel branch he bears,
His glorious tale hath told,
The Persian’s hour of pride is done,
Victory is on Marathon.
She cometh with brightened cheek,
She who all day hath wept;
The wife and mother’s tears,
Where her youngest infant slept,
The heart is in her eyes alone,
What careth she for Marathon?
But down on his threshold, down!
Sinks the warrior’s failing breath,
The tale of that mighty field
Is left to be told by death.—
’Tis a common tale—the victor’s sun
Sets, in tears and blood, o’er Marathon.
Scheme | XAXABC XDXDBC XEFEBC XGFGXC XHXHBC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 1011111 11010011 110101 01110101 1111110 100101 011111 110101 0100101 01010101 1101110 110111 010101 010111 1100111 010101111 1001110 1101101 111111 010101 1010101 01100101 111110 111111 10100101 0111101 1111111 101010101 10101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 935 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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