Analysis of Ballad of Lieges
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Son of our King: When yoemen sailed
From Britain to expand her sway,
The coward from High venture quailed,
The weakling sank beside the way.
None save the strong in that far day,
The brave, stood clear-eyed at the prow
To plan such parts as venturers play.
Here be their kin who greet you now.
Britain had failed if these had failed -
Stout pioneers whose sterner clay,
Reckless of that the task entailed,
Faced the unknown with no dismay.
Out to vast wildernesses they
Blazed pain-strewn paths, for axe plough
To earn this fruitful century's pay.
Here be their kin who greet you now.
When o'er an Empire bugles wailed
To summon liegemen to the fray,
In sons the olden urge prevailed;
Nor life, nor love might bid them stay.
Unblooded, in red war's array
They proved the breed, they kept the vow,
They paid the price as liegemen may.
Here be their kin who greet you now.
Scheme | ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC |
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Poetic Form | Ballade |
Metre | 11101111 11010101 01011101 01010101 11010111 01111101 1111111 11111111 10111111 1011101 10110101 10011101 11111 1111111 111101001 11111111 1101100101 1101101 01010101 11111111 101101 11011101 1101111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 855 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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