Analysis of The Bugle Call
Do you hear the call of our Mother,
From over the sea, from over the sea?
The call to her children, in every land;
To her sons on Afric's far-stretch'd veldt;
To her dark-skinned children on India's shore,
Whose souls are nourish'd on Aryan lore;
To her sons of the Northland where frosty stars
Glitter and shine like a helmet of Mars;
Do you hear the call of our Mother?
Do you hear the call of our Mother
From over the sea, from over the sea?
The call to Australia's legions strong,
That move with the might and stealth of a wave;
To the men of the camp and men of the field,
Whose courage has taught them never to yield;
To the men whose counsel has saved the State,
And thwarted the plans of impending fate;
Do you hear the call of our Mother?
Do you hear the call of our Mother
From over the sea, from over the sea?
To the little cot on the wind-swept hill;
To the lordly mansion in the city street;
To her sons who toil in the forest deep
Or bind the sheaves where the reapers reap;
To her children scattered far East and West;
To her sons who joy in her Freedom Blest;
Do you hear the call of our Mother?
For Major-General Sir Sam Hughes.
Scheme | ABccddeeA ABxxffggA ABxxhhiiA x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111010 1100111001 01101001001 10111111 10111011001 1111011001 1011011101 1001101011 1110111010 1110111010 1100111001 011010101 1110101101 10110101101 1101111011 1011101101 0100110101 1110111010 1110111010 1100111001 1010110111 1011000101 1011100101 11011011 1010101101 1011100101 1110111010 110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,132 |
Words | 228 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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