Analysis of The provisional martyrs
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Oh, let us salute and admire our Provisional Volunteers
Who bravely fought, suffered, and died for our native
Land, whether on the Field of Battle or in the hell hole
Of Long Kesh …
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In doing so let us reject those within the Provos who by
Following the path of Collins and de Valera abandoned
Our peoples election victory of nineteen and eighteen
And by doing so reinforced British occupation and partition.
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“We are on our way to freedom”some of their leaders
Expressed but their egos led them to deny our thirty two
County Republic which was proclaimed in nineteen and
Sixteen by Commandant Patrick Pearse.
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A Republic declared after our people voted in the 1918
Election but a democratic expression and demand by our
People was opposed by the imperial leadership of the
Island of Britain...
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Now! willingly supported by those not fit to untie the laces
Of the late Bobby Sands.The voice of our people and our
Right to self- determination is now abandoned by those
Too busy counting English sterling with both hands!
Scheme | ABCD EFGH IJFK LMLH NMOP |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 1110100110010001 1101100111010 11010111010011 111 1 010111011010111 1000111001010010 1010010100111001 0110101100100010 1 111101111110 0111101110110101 1001011010110 01101101 1 0010011010101000 01010010010001110 101011001001010 10110 1 11000101111101010 101101111010010 11100101101011 110101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,019 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 824 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 181 |
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