Analysis of Moloch
Joseph Seamon Cotter 1861 (Louisville) – 1949
Old Moloch walks the way tonight
On Flander's poppied field,
Where foe meets foe in steel and might
And never one shall yield.
Old Moloch of the fiery shrine,
Deep in the throes of pain,
Cries for the bleeding anodyne
Of flesh of youths again.
Heart of my heart went out tonight,
Where Moloch holds the way,
To lads of brown and black and white
Who blazon Freedom's day.
Tear down the shrine of Moloch there,
From crimson field and glen,
Tear down the shrine of Moloch where
It shames the hearts of men.
Scheme | ABAB CXCD AEAE FDFD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1110101 1111 11110101 010111 11101001 100111 110101 111101 11111101 11101 11110101 11101 1101111 110101 1101111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 508 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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