Analysis of A War Song Of Tyrol

Silas Weir Mitchell 1829 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – 1914 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)



'WILD eagle of the Tyrol,
Why are thy feathers red?'
'I 've been to greet the morning
On Ortler's crimsoned head!'

'Gray eagle of the Tyrol,
'T is not the morning light
Drips from the soaring pinions
That wing thine airy flight.

'Proud eagle of the Tyrol,
Why are thy claws so red?'
'I 've been where Etschland's maidens
The ruddy vintage tread.'

'Gray eagle of the Tyrol,
Red runs our Tyrol wine;
But redder ran the vintage
That stained those claws of thine.

'Wild eagle of the Tyrol,
Why is thy beak so red?'
'Go ask the gorge of Stilfes,
Where lie the Saxon dead!

'The grapes were ripe in August
Wherewith my beak is red;
The vines that gave that vintage
No other wine will shed:
My beak is red with battle;
I've been among the dead!'


Scheme Abxb Acdc abdb Aefe Abdb xbfbab
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 111101 11111010 1111 110101 1110101 110101 111101 110101 111111 1111110 010101 110101 111011 1101010 111111 110101 111111 110111 110101 0101010 11111 0111110 110111 1111110 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 745
Words 147
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Silas Weir Mitchell

Silas Weir Mitchell (February 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician, scientist, novelist, and poet. He is considered the father of medical neurology, and he discovered causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome) and erythromelalgia, and pioneered the rest cure. more…

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