Analysis of The Greek Partisan
Our free flag is dancing
In the free mountain air,
And burnished arms are glancing,
And warriors gathering there;
And fearless is the little train
Whose gallant bosoms shield it;
The blood that warms their hearts shall stain
That banner, ere they yield it.
--Each dark eye is fixed on earth,
And brief each solemn greeting;
There is no look nor sound of mirth,
Where those stern men are meeting.
They go to the slaughter,
To strike the sudden blow,
And pour on earth, like water,
The best blood of the foe;
To rush on them from rock and height,
And clear the narrow valley,
Or fire their camp at dead of night,
And fly before they rally.
--Chains are round our country pressed,
And cowards have betrayed her,
And we must make her bleeding breast
The grave of the invader.
Not till from her fetters
We raise up Greece again,
And write, in bloody letters,
That tyranny is slain,--
Oh, not till then the smile shall steal
Across those darkened faces,
Nor one of all those warriors feel
His children's dear embraces,
--Reap we not the ripened wheat,
Till yonder hosts are flying,
And all their bravest, at our feet,
Like autumn sheaves are lying.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEAEA FGFGHIHIJFJF KXKCLXLXMAMA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011110 001101 0101110 01001001 01010101 110111 01111111 1101111 1111111 0111010 11111111 1111110 111010 110101 0111110 011101 11111101 0101010 110111111 0101110 11110101 0101010 01110101 0110010 111010 111101 0101010 110011 11110111 0111010 111111001 1101010 1110101 1101110 011101101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,115 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 298 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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