Analysis of They Shall Not Win
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Whatever the strength of our foes is now,
Whatever it may have been,
This is our slogan, and this our vow-
They shall not win, they shall not win.
Though out of the darkness they call the aid
Of the evil forces of Sin,
We utter our slogan unafraid-
They shall not win, they shall not win.
We know we are right, and know they are wrong.
So to God above and within-
We make our vow and we sing our song
They shall not win, they shall not win.
It rises over the shriek of shell,
And over the cannons' din:
Our slogan shall scatter the hosts of Hell-
They shall not win, they shall not win.
| Scheme | abaB cbcB dbdB ebeB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1001110111 101111 11101001101 11111111 1110101101 10101011 110101001 11111111 1111101111 11101001 11101011101 11111111 110100111 0100101 10101100111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 579 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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