Analysis of Patriotism.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



We die for home and country; dying thus,
The welfare of our land shall live with us.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1111010101 0111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 91
Words 19
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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