Analysis of Andre's Request.
It is not the fear of death
That damps my brow;
It is not for another breath
I ask thee now;
I can die with a lip unstirr'd
And a quiet heart -
Let but this prayer be heard
Ere I depart.
I can give up my mother's look -
My sister's kiss;
I can think of love - yet brook
A death like this!
I can give up the young fame
I burn'd to win -
All - but the spotless name
I glory in!
Thine is the power to give,
Thine to deny,
Joy for the hour I live -
Calmness to die.
By all the brave should cherish,
By my dying breath,
I ask that I may perish
With a soldier's death!
Scheme | ABABCCCC DEDEFGFG XXXCHAHA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1111 11110101 1111 1111011 00101 111111 1101 11111101 1101 1111111 0111 1111011 1111 110101 1100 1101011 1101 1101011 1011 1101110 11101 1111110 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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