Analysis of A Hero of the Revolution.
George Pope Morris 1802 (Philadelphia) – 1864
Let not a tear be shed!
Of grief give not a token,
Although the silver thread
And golden bowl be broken!
A warrior lived--a Christian died!
Sorrow's forgotten in our pride!
Go, bring his battle-blade,
His helmet and his plume!
And be his trophies laid
Beside him in the tomb,
Where files of time-marked veterans come
With martial tramp and muffled drum!
Give to the earth his frame,
To moulder and decay;
But not his deathless name--
That can not pass away!
In youth, in manhood, and in age,
He dignified his country's page!
Green be the willow-bough
Above the swelling mound,
Where sleeps the hero now
In consecrated ground:
Thy epitaph, O Delavan!
God's noblest work--an honest man!
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 1111010 10101 0101110 010010101 10100101 111101 110011 011101 011001 111111001 11010101 110111 110001 11111 111101 0101001 1101101 11011 010101 110101 01001 1101100 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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