Analysis of Soldier Going To The War
Richard Le Gallienne 1866 (Liverpool) – 1947
Soldier going to the war--
Will you take my heart with you,
So that I may share a little
In the famous things you do?
Soldier going to the war--
If in battle you must fall,
Will you, among all the faces,
See my face the last of all?
Soldier coming from the war--
Who shall bind your sunburnt brow
With the laurel of the hero,
Soldier, soldier--vow for vow!
Soldier coming from the war--
When the street is one wide sea,
Flags and streaming eyes and glory--
Soldier, will you look for me?
| Scheme | Abxb Acxc Adxd Aeee |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1010101 1111111 11111010 0010111 1010101 1010111 11011010 1110111 1010101 111111 10101010 1010111 1010101 1011111 10101010 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 480 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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