Analysis of In Memoriam
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
GROWING to full manhood now,
With the care-lines on our brow,
We, the youngest of the nations,
With no childish lamentations,
Weep, as only strong weep,
5
For the noble hearts that sleep,
Pillowed where they fought and bled,
The loved and lost, our glorious dead!
Toil and sorrow come with age,
Manhood's rightful heritage;
10
Toil our arms more strong shall render,
Sorrow make our hearts more tender,
In the heartlessness of time;
Honour lays a wreath sublime—
Deathless glory—where they bled,
15
Our loved and lost, with glorious dead!
Wild the prairie's grasses wave
O'er each hero's new-made grave;
Time shall write such wrinkles o'er us,
But the future spreads before us
20
Glorious in that sunset land—
Nerving every heart and hand,
Comes a brightness none can shed,
But the dead, the glorious dead!
Lay them where they fought and fell;
25
Every heart shall ring their knell,
For the lessons they have taught us,
For the glory they have brought us.
Tho' our hearts are sad and bowed,
Nobleness still makes us proud—
30
Proud of light their names shall shed
In the roll-call of our dead!
Growing to full manhood now,
With the care-lines on our brow,
We, the youngest of the nations,
35
With no childish lamentations,
Weep, as only strong men weep,
For the noble hearts that sleep
Where the call of duty led,
Where the lonely prairies spread,
40
Where for us they fought and bled,
Our loved, our lost, our glorious dead!
Scheme | AABBcdCeefgdhhiiedejjkkdlleemdmkknndeeAABdBcCeedee |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (26%) |
Metre | 101111 10111101 10101010 11101 111011 1 1010111 111101 0101101001 1010111 110100 1 110111110 101101110 00111 110101 110111 1 1010111001 1010101 10110111 111110101 10101011 1 1000111 1100101 1010111 10101001 1111101 1 10011111 10101111 10101111 11011101 11111 1 1111111 00111101 101111 10111101 10101010 1 11101 1110111 1010111 1011101 1010101 1 1111101 101101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,392 |
Words | 253 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 50 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 251 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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