Analysis of Judah Maccabee
Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)
Judah Maccabee,
Give a sword to me
Now, in youth!
By the candle’s light
Kindled here to-night,
Do I vow to fight
For the truth.
Still the Greeks are here,
Still we yield in fear,
Cringe and cower.
Judah Maccabee,
Make my people free
That their eyes may see
Israel’s power!
| Scheme | Aabcccb xxdAaad |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 10111 101 10101 10111 11111 101 10111 11101 1010 1010 11101 11111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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