Analysis of The Brave Volunteer
At the time of the rebellion
Between the north and south,
Many a noble volunteer
Kent county did send out.
Among them was Chyler Davis,
He hailed from Oakfield town,
He enlisted in the service,
His native land to shield.
This brave and noble volunteer,
He left his home and friends,
For he dearly loved his country,
He went from Michigan.
Not thinking when he went down south,
The Federal ranks to fill,
That he would lay in prisons,
Belle Isle to Andersonville.
In prison cells lamenting,
For seventeen months he lay,
Thinking of the dear ones
At home so far away.
He lay in prison suffering,
No friend to hear him moan,
A living, walking skeleton,
He was when he came home.
He was discharged in Kansas,
The place called Fort Leavenworth,
And he did return to Oakfield,
The place he first went forth.
How joyful were his parents
When they saw their then lost one;
The God of heaven was merciful
To let return their son.
Scheme | ABCDEXEXCXXABFGF HIGIHXAX EXDXXAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010 010101 1001001 110111 0111110 11111 10100010 110111 1101001 111101 11101110 111100 11011111 0100111 1111010 1111000 0101010 1101111 101011 111101 11010100 111111 01010100 111111 1101010 011110 0110111 011111 1100110 1111111 011101100 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 897 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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