Analysis of Jock, To The First Army
Violet Jacob 1863 – 1946
O Rab an' Dave an' rantin' Jim,
The geans were turnin' reid
When Scotland saw yer line grow dim,
Wi' the pipers at its heid;
Noo, i' yon warld we dinna ken,
Like strangers ye maun gang -
"We've sic a waleo' Angus men
That we canna weary lang."
An' little Wat - my brither Wat -
Man, are ye aye the same?
Or is yon sma' white hoose forgot
Doon by the strath at hame?
An' div' ye mind foo aft we trod
The Isla's banks before? -
- "My place is wi' the Hosts o' God,
But I mind me o' Strathmore."
It's daith comes skirling through the sky,
Below there's naucht but pain,
We canna see whaur deid men lie
For the drivin' o' the rain;
Ye a' hae passed frae fear an' doot.
Ye're far frae airthly ill -
- "We're near, we're here, my wee recruit,
An' we fecht for Scotland still."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 01011 11011111 1010111 1111111 110111 1101101 111101 1101111 111101 11111101 110111 11111111 01101 11110111 111111 1111101 011111 1111111 101101 10111111 111111 11111101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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