Analysis of And He Said, Fight On
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
Time and its ally, Dark Disarmament,
Have compassed me about,
Have massed their armies, and on battle bent
My forces put to rout;
But though I fight alone, and fall, and die,
Talk terms of Peace? Not I.
(Tennyson)
They war upon my fortress, and their guns
Are shattering its walls;
My army plays the cowards' part, and runs,
Pierced by a thousand balls;
They call for my surrender. I reply,
'Give quarter now? Not I.'
They've shot my flag to ribbons, but in rents
It floats above the height;
Their ensign shall not crown my battlements
While I can stand and fight.
I fling defiance at them as I cry,
'Capitulate? Not I.'
Scheme | XAXABBX CDCDBB XEXEBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010100 11101 1111001101 110111 1111010101 111111 100 1101110011 110011 1101010101 110101 1111010101 110111 1111110101 110101 1101111100 111101 1101011111 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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