Analysis of In flanders
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Through sleet and fogs to the saline bogs
Where the herring fish meanders,
An army sped, and then, 't is said,
Swore terribly in Flanders:
"--------!"
"--------!"
A hideous store of oaths they swore,
Did the army over in Flanders!
At this distant day we're unable to say
What so aroused their danders;
But it's doubtless the case, to their lasting disgrace,
That the army swore in Flanders:
"--------!"
"--------!"
And many more such oaths they swore,
Did that impious horde in Flanders!
Some folks contend that these oaths without end
Began among the commanders,
That, taking this cue, the subordinates, too,
Swore terribly in Flanders:
Twas "------------!"
"--------"
Why, the air was blue with the hullaballoo
Of those wicked men in Flanders!
But some suppose that the trouble arose
With a certain Corporal Sanders,
Who sought to abuse the wooden shoes
That the natives wore in Flanders.
Saying: "--------!"
"--------"
What marvel then, that the other men
Felt encouraged to swear in Flanders!
At any rate, as I grieve to state,
Since these soldiers vented their danders
Conjectures obtain that for language profane
There is no such place as Flanders.
"--------"
"--------"
This is the kind of talk you'll find
If ever you go to Flanders.
How wretched is he, wherever he be,
That unto this habit panders!
And how glad am I that my interests lie
In Chicago, and not in Flanders!
"----------------!"
"----------------!"
Would never go down in this circumspect town
However it might in Flanders.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110011 10101010 110101111 1100010 1 1 010011111 101010010 11101101011 110111 111001111001 10101010 1 1 01011111 110101010 1101111011 01010010 1101100101 1100010 1 1 10111101 11101010 1101101001 101010010 111010101 10101010 10 1 110110101 101011010 110111111 11101011 01001111001 11111110 1 1 11011111 11011110 1101101011 1101101 0111111101 00101010 1 1 1101101101 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,525 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 6, 2, 6, 8, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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