Analysis of Brave Boys Are They!
Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)
Heavily falls the rain;
Wild are the breezes tonight;
But 'neath the roof, the hours as they fly,
Are happy and calm and bright.
Gathering round our fireside,
Tho' it be summer time,
We sit and talk of brothers abroad
Forgetting the midnight chime
Brave boys are they!
Gone at their country's call;
And yet, and yet we cannot forget
That many brave boys must fall.
Under the homestead roof
Nestled so cozy and warm,
While soldiers sleep, with little or naught
To shelter them from the storm.
Resting on grassy couches,
Pillow'd on hillocks damp;
Of martial fare, how little we know,
Till brothers are in the camp.
Thinking no less of them,
Loving our country the more,
We sent them forth to fight for the flag
Their fathers before them bore.
Though the great tear drops started,
This was our parting trust:
God bless you, boys! we'll welcome you home
When rebels are in the dust.
May the bright wings of love
Guard them wherever they roam;
The time has come when brothers must fight,
And sisters must pray at home.
Oh! The dread field of battle!
Soon to be strewn with graves!
If brothers fall, then bury them where
Our banner in triumph waves.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 1101001 1101010111 1100101 10011010 111101 110111001 010011 1111 111101 010111001 1101111 10011 1011001 110111011 1101101 1011010 1111 110111011 1101001 101111 10101001 111111101 1100111 1011110 1110101 111111011 1101001 101111 1101011 011111011 0101111 1011110 111111 110111011 10100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,121 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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