Analysis of Arms And The Man. - Nelson And The Gunners.
James Barron Hope 1829 – 1887
O'er town, and works, and waves amain
Far fell grim Ruin's furious rain,
O'er parapet and mast,
And riding on the thunder-swell
Far flew the shot, far flew the shell
Red Havoc on the blast!
Then as the flashing cannon sowed
Their iron crop brave Nelson rode,
His bridle bit all foam,
Up to the gunners, and said he:
"Batter yon mansion down for me" -
"Basement, and walls, and dome!"
And better to sharpen those gunners' wits,
"Five guineas," he cried, "for each shot that hits!" -
That mansion was his home!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101011 11111001 101001 01010101 11011101 110101 11010101 11011101 110111 11010011 10110111 100101 0101101101 1101111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 383 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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