Analysis of A Hymn Of Empire
(Coronation Year, 1911)
God save England, blessed by Fate,
So old, yet ever young:
The acorn isle from which the great
Imperial oak has sprung!
And God guard Scotland's kindly soil,
The land of stream and glen,
The granite mother that has bred
A breed of granite men!
God save Wales, from Snowdon's vales
To Severn's silver strand!
For all the grace of that old race
Still haunts the Celtic land.
And, dear old Ireland, God save you,
And heal the wounds of old,
For every grief you ever knew
May joy come fifty-fold!
Set Thy guard over us,
May Thy shield cover us,
Enfold and uphold us
On land and on sea!
From the palm to the pine,
From the snow to the line,
Brothers together
And children of Thee.
Thy blessing, Lord, on Canada,
Young giant of the West,
Still upward lay her broadening way,
And may her feet be blessed!
And Africa, whose hero breeds
Are blending into one,
Grant that she tread the path which leads
To holy unison.
May God protect Australia,
Set in her Southern Sea!
Though far thou art, it cannot part
Thy brother folks from thee.
And you, the Land of Maori,
The island-sisters fair,
Ocean hemmed and lake be-gemmed,
God hold you in His care!
Set Thy guard over us,
May Thy shield cover us,
Enfold and uphold us
On land and on sea!
From the palm to the pine,
From the snow to the line,
Brothers together
And children of Thee.
God guard our Indian brothers,
The Children of the Sun,
Guide us and walk beside us,
Until Thy will be done.
To all be equal measure,
Whate'er his blood or birth,
Till we shall build as Thou hast willed
O'er all Thy fruitful Earth.
May we maintain the story
Of honest, fearless right!
Not ours, not ours the Glory!
What are we in Thy sight?
Thy servants, and no other,
Thy servants may we be,
To help our weaker brother,
As we crave for help from Thee!
Set Thy guard over us,
May Thy shield cover us,
Enfold and uphold us
On land and on sea!
From the palm to the pine,
From the snow to the line,
Brothers together
And children of Thee.
Scheme | x ababxcxc xdxdefef GGGHIIJH klxlmnmn khxhhoao GGGHIIJH xngnjpxp hqhqjhjh GGGHIIJH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 1110111 111101 01011101 0100111 01110101 011101 01010111 011101 111111 11101 11011111 110101 011100111 010111 110011101 111101 111101 111101 010011 11011 101101 101101 10010 01011 11011100 110101 110101001 010111 01001101 110011 11110111 110100 1101010 100101 11111101 110111 0101110 010101 1010111 111011 111101 111101 010011 11011 101101 101101 10010 01011 111010010 010101 1101011 011111 1111010 101111 11111111 1011101 1101010 110101 110110010 111011 1100110 110111 11101010 1111111 111101 111101 010011 11011 101101 101101 10010 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,938 |
Words | 385 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 73 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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