Analysis of Hark The Thundring Drums Inviting
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
Hark the thundring Drums inviting
All our forward youth to arms
Hark the trumpets sounds exciting
Manly Soules with fierce alarms
Peace affords an Idle pleasure
Glory shines an active flame
Life has but too short a Measure
Strive to make it long by fame.
See the brave by boldly daring
Raises trophys of the slain
See the brave by nothing fearing
Comes in triumph back again
The Men admire the Women love him
Fortune favours all he does
The Powrs that bless the great approve him
Praise & Lawrell crown his brows.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 11010111 10101010 1011101 10111010 1011101 11111010 1111111 10111010 101101 10111010 1010101 010101011 101111 011101011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 506 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 418 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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