Analysis of The Day of Battle
Alfred Edward Housman 1859 – 1936
"Far I hear the bugle blow
To call me where I would not go,
And the guns begin the song,
'Soldier, fly or stay for long.'
"Comrade, if to turn and fly
Made a soldier never die,
Fly I would, for who would not?
'Tis sure no pleasure to be shot.
"But since the man that runs away
Lives to die another day,
And cowards' funerals, when they come,
Are not wept so well at home,
"Therefore, though the best is bad,
Stand and do the best, my lad;
Stand and fight and see your slain,
And take the bullet in your brain."
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1110101 11111111 0010101 1011111 111101 1010101 1111111 11110111 11011101 1110101 010100111 1111111 110111 1010111 1010111 01010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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