Analysis of Trafalgar Day
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
LAURELS, bring laurels, sheaves on sheaves,
Till England's boughs are bare of leaves!
Soon comes the flower more rare, more dear
Than any laurel this year weaves--
The Aloe of the hundredth year
Since from the smoke of Trafalgar
He passed to where the heroes are,
Nelson, who passed and yet is here,
Whose dust is fire beneath our feet,
Whose memory mans our fleet.
Laurels, bring laurels, since they hold
His England's tears in each green fold,
His England's joy, his England's pride,
His England's glories manifold.
Yet what was Victory since he died?
And what was Death since he lives yet,
Above a Nation's worship set,
Above her heroes glorified?--
Nelson, who made our flag a star
To lead where Victories are!
Scheme | AABABXCXDD EEFEFGGFCC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10110111 11011111 110101111 11010111 0110101 11011010 11110101 10110111 1111001101 11001101 10110111 11010111 11011101 1101010 111100111 01111111 01010101 0101010 101110101 1111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 280 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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