Analysis of Bars Fight
Lucy Terry Prince 1730 (Africa) – 1821 (Sunderland,Vermont)
August, twas the twenty-fifth,
Seventeen houndred forty-six,
The Indians did in ambush lay,
Some very valiant men to slay
Twas nigh unto Sam Dickinson's mill,
The Indians there five men did kill.
The names of whom I'll not leave out,
Samuel Allen like a hero foute,
And though he was so brave and bold,
His face no more shall we behold.
Eleazer Hawks was killed outright,
Before he had time to fight,
Before he did the Indians see,
Was shot and killed immediately.
Oliver Amsden he was slain,
Which caused his friends much grief pain.
Simeon Amsden they found dead
Not many rods from Oliver's head.
Adonijah Gillett, we do hear,
Did lose his life which was so dear.
John Sadler fled across the water,
And thus escaped the dreadful slaughter.
Eunice Allen see the Indians comeing
And hoped to save herself by running:
And had not her petticoats stopt her,
The awful creatures had not cotched her,
Not tommyhawked her on the head,
And left her on the ground for dead.
Young Samuel Allen, Oh! lack-a-day!
Was taken and carried to Canada.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKLMMNNMMJJCO |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010101 1011101 01001011 11010111 1110111 010011111 01111111 101010101 01111101 11111101 10011111 0111111 011101001 110101000 10010111 1111111 10010111 110111001 101111 11111111 110101010 010101010 1010101001 011101110 01101010 010101110 110101 01010111 110101101 1100101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,015 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 814 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 183 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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