Analysis of To The R.A.F
Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)
Never since English ships went out
To singe the beard of Spain,
Or English sea-dogs hunted death
Along the Spanish Main,
Never since Drake and Raleigh won
Our freedom of the seas,
Have sons of Britain dared and done
More valiantly than these.
Whether at midnight or at noon,
Through mist or open sky,
Eagles of freedom, all our hearts
Are up with you on high;
While Britain's mighty ghosts look down
From realms beyond the sun
And whisper, as their record pales,
Their breathless, deep, Well Done!
Scheme | XAXABCBC XDXDXBXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110111 110111 11011101 010101 10110101 1010101 11110101 110011 1011111 111101 101101101 111111 11010111 110101 01011011 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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