Analysis of A Huguenot
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
Oh, a gallant set were they,
As they charged on us that day,
A thousand riding like one!
Their trumpets crying,
And their white plumes flying,
And their sabres flashing in the sun.
Oh a sorry lot were we,
As we stood beside the sea,
Each man for himself as he stood!
We were scattered and lonely-
A little force only
Of the good men fighting for the good.
But I never loved more
On sea or on shore
The ringing of my own true blade.
Like lightening it quivered,
And the hand helms shivered,
As I sang, “None maketh me afraid!”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1111111 0101011 11010 011110 011010001 1010101 1110101 11101111 1010010 010110 101110101 111011 11111 01011111 110011 001110 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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