Analysis of The Turk In Armenia

William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)



What profits it, O England, to prevail
    In camp and mart and council, and bestrew
    With argosies thy oceans, and renew
  With tribute levied on each golden gale
  Thy treasuries, if thou canst hear the wail
    Of women martyred by the turbaned crew,
    Whose tenderest mercy was the sword that slew,
  And lift no hand to wield the purging flail?
    We deemed of old thou held'st a charge from Him
    Who watches girdled by his seraphim,
  To smite the wronger with thy destined rod.
    Wait'st thou his sign? Enough, the unanswered cry
    Of virgin souls for vengeance, and on high
  The gathering blackness of the frown of God!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 010101001 11110001 1101011101 1100111101 110101011 111010111 0111110101 11111110111 1101111 110111101 11111010101 1101110011 01001010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 636
Words 110
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 476
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Watson

William Watson, was a surgeon in the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. more…

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