Analysis of Queen Vicky, bless her soul.
She calls us
To the skirmish.
She calls us
From our leave.
The women say their goodbyes.
Scarce time to gripe
Or greave.
Our kit is packed
right quickly.
Blades all sharp and shine.
And rifles are Martinis
No better friend of mine.
‘Cept shovel flipping
Filth by day
Or carcass
Cold by night.
The two friends give
Us half a chance
In any Empire’s fight.
So where, dear Vicki
Sending?
Arab, Sikh, Natal?
You call the shots
We know the lot.
We’ll march for you
To Hell.
Of that we sing
Right well.
Yes Ma’am.
We’ll fight for
You to Hell.
Hurrah.
Scheme | AxAbxxb xcdxdexafxxf cexxxxgegxxgx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1010 111 1101 010111 1111 11 10111 110 11101 0101010 110111 11010 111 110 111 0111 1101 0101001 11110 10 10110 1101 1101 1111 11 1111 11 11 111 111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 12, 13 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Thinking of Rudyard Kipling’s wonderful poem, The Widow of Windsor. Or perhaps Tommy is another story of merit. All done in the soldier’s vernacular. I am also presently reading of The Defence of Rorke’s Drift. A super-human withstanding of thousands of Zulu warriors. By the Queen’ s bravest. January 22, 1879…many Victoria Crosses given.
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Written on May 27, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 27, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 31, 2023
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