Analysis of Canadian born
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
We first saw light in Canada, the land beloved of God;
We are the pulse of Canada, its marrow and its blood:
And we, the men of Canada, can face the world and brag
That we were born in Canada beneath the British flag.
Few of us have the blood of kings, few are of courtly birth,
But few are vagabonds or rogues of doubtful name and worth;
And all have one credential that entitles us to brag--
That we were born in Canada beneath the British flag.
We've yet to make our money, we've yet to make our fame,
But we have gold and glory in our clean colonial name;
And every man's a millionaire if only he can brag
That he was born in Canada beneath the British flag.
No title and no coronet is half so proudly worn
As that which we inherited as men Canadian born.
We count no man so noble as the one who makes the brag
That he was born in Canada beneath the British flag.
The Dutch may have their Holland, the Spaniard have his Spain,
The Yankee to the south of us must south of us remain;
For not a man dare lift a hand against the men who brag
That they were born in Canada beneath the British flag.
Scheme | xxaA bbaA ccaA ddaA eeaa |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) |
Metre | 11110100010111 11011100110011 01011100110101 11010100010101 11110111111101 11110011110101 01110101010111 11010100010101 111110101111101 1111010010101001 01001001110111 11110100010101 11001101111101 111101001101001 11111101011101 11110100010101 0111110010111 01010111111101 11011101010111 11010100010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,105 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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