Analysis of Marching Song
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
Bring the comb and play upon it!
Marching, here we come!
Willie cocks his highland bonnet,
Johnnie beats the drum.
Mary Jane commands the party,
Peter leads the rear;
Feet in time, alert and hearty,
Each a Grenadier!
All in the most martial manner
Marching double-quick;
While the napkin, like a banner,
Waves upon the stick!
Here's enough of fame and pillage,
Great commander Jane!
Now that we've been round the village,
Let's go home again.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 10101011 10111 10111010 10101 10101010 10101 10101010 101 10011010 10101 10101010 10101 10111010 10101 11111010 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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