Analysis of Meetings
As up and down I fare by road and street
The mothers of our men-at-arms I meet
Who die for mine and me,
That we go safe and free,
Sit in the sun, sleep soft and find life sweet.
I have two sons too young to fight, too young,
God grant if my hour comes I may be strong,
And caught in such a strait
May praise God and be great,
Giving my sons to save some woman from wrong!
Oh, mothers of dead heroes, ye I know,
My heart sends you a greeting, soft and low;
Blessed are ye whose sons
Amid the ransomed ones
Throng to the banners of Heaven as white as snow.
Somehow, by some secret and certain sign,
The mothers of the beloved I divine
Who died in my sons' place.
My heart kneels and gives grace.
Gives thanks for you, for you, proud sisters of mine!
Scheme | AABBA XCDDCEEFFE GGHHG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
Metre | 1101111101 01011011111 111101 111101 1001110111 1111111111 11111011111 010101 111011 10111111011 1101110111 1111010101 11111 01011 110101101111 111100101 0101001101 110111 111011 11111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 10, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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