Analysis of Sleeping for the Flag
Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)
When our boys come home in triumph, brother,
With the laurels they shall gain;
When we go to give them welcome, brother,
We shall look for you in vain.
We shall wait for your returning, brother,
Though we know it cannot be;
For your comrades left you sleeping, brother,
Underneath a southern tree.
Sleeping to waken
In this weary world no more;
Sleeping for your true-lov'd country, brother,
Sleeping for the flag you bore.
You were the first on duty, brother,
When "to arms" your leader cried--
You have left the ranks forever, brother,
You have laid your armies aside.
From the awful scenes of battle, brother,
You were set forever free,
When your comrades left you sleeping, brother,
Underneath that southern tree.
You have cross'd the clouded river, brother,
To the mansions of the best,
"When the wicked cease from troubling," brother,
"And the weary are at rest."
Surely we would not recall you, brother,
But the tears flow fast and free,
When we think of you sleeping, brother,
Underneath a southern tree.
Scheme | ababacaC xdad aeaeacac afafacaC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101010 1010111 1111111010 1111101 1111101010 1111101 111111010 010101 10110 0110111 1011111010 1010111 100111010 1111101 1110101010 11111001 1010111010 1010101 111111010 011101 1110101010 1010101 10101110010 0010111 101111110 1011101 111111010 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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