Analysis of Laudabunt Alii
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
Let others praise, as fancy wills,
Berlin beneath her trees,
Or Rome upon her seven hills,
Or Venice by her seas;
Stamboul by double tides embraced,
Or green Damascus in the waste.
For me there's nought I would not leave
For the good Devon land,
Whose orchards down the echoing cleeve
Bedewed with spray-drift stand,
And hardly bear the red fruit up
That shall be next year's cider-cup.
You too, my friend, may wisely mark
How clear skies follow rain,
And, lingering in your own green park
Or drilled on Laffan's Plain,
Forget not with the festal bowl
To soothe at times your weary soul.
When Drake must bid to Plymouth Hoe
Good-bye for many a day,
And some were sad and feared to go,
And some that dared not stay,
Be sure he bade them broach the best,
And raised his tankard with the rest.
'Drake's luck to all that sail with Drake
For promised lands of gold!
Brave lads, whatever storms may break,
We've weathered worse of old!
To-night the loving-cup we'll drain,
To-morrow for the Spanish Main!'
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNHH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 010101 11010101 110101 1110101 11010001 11111111 101101 110101001 11111 01010111 11111101 11111101 111101 010001111 11111 0111011 11111101 11111101 1111001 01010111 011111 11111101 01110101 11111111 110111 1110111 110111 11010111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 992 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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