Analysis of Our Last Grand Camping Ground
Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)
On a pebly shore, where forevermore
Gently creeps a music laden wave --
In the meadows green, which beyond are seen,
Camps a conq'ring army, true and brave.
Shining are the weapons of this martial throng --
Crimson died their banner, battleworn so long;
But now they cast them down, and each receives a crown,
Whey they chant their never ending song:
"Our Saviour and our King!
His victories shall ring!
His conquests thro' eternity shall sound!
(And war shall be no)
War (more) shall be no more --
we have reach'd the shore --
Safely reach'd our last grand camping ground."
While thro' lovely dells, grander music swells --
Richer chords from rarer harps of gold --
List that soft refrain, that sweet vocal strain,
Wherein now the victors' deeds are told:
How they toil'd in darkness, battling the wrong --
How, in hours of weakness, Jesus made them strong.
Acknowledg'd as his own he seats them on his throne,
While they join the never ending song.
Scheme | ABXBCCXC DDEXAAE XFXFCCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 101010101 001110111 10110101 10101011101 101110111 111111010101 111110101 1010101 110011 111010011 01111 111111 11101 1011011101 1110110101 101110111 1110111101 011010111 11101010001 101011010111 010111111111 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 936 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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