Analysis of To A Canadian Lad Killed In The War
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
O noble youth that held our honour in keeping,
And bore it sacred through the battle flame,
How shall we give full measure of acclaim
To thy sharp labour, thy immortal reaping?
For though we sowed with doubtful hands, half sleeping,
Thou in thy vivid pride hast reaped a nation,
And brought it in with shouts and exultation,
With drums and trumpets, with flags flashing and leaping.
Let us bring pungent wreaths of balsam, and tender
Tendrils of wild-flowers, lovelier for thy daring,
And deck a sylvan shrine, where the maple parts
The moonlight, with lilac bloom, and the splendour
Of suns unwearied; all unwithered, wearing
Thy valor stainless in our heart of hearts.
Scheme | ABBAACCA DAEDAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101010 0111010101 1111110101 1111101010 11111101110 10110111010 01101101 110101110010 111101110010 1111011110 01010110101 01111001 1111110 11010010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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