Analysis of Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
Scots, what hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victorie!
Now's the day, and now's the hour;
See the front o' battle lour;
See approach proud Edward's power -
Chains and slaverie!
Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!
Wha, for Scotland's King and Law,
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Free-man stand, or Free-man fa',
Let him on wi' me!
By Oppression's woes and pains!
By your sons in servile chains!
We sill drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!
Lay the proud Usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 111111 1011101 111 10101010 1011101 10111010 101 1110101 1110101 1111101 11101 1110101 1011101 1111111 11111 11101 1110101 11110101 11111 10111 10101001 10001001 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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