Analysis of War's Cataract
Herbert Asquith 1881 – 1947
In this red havoc of the patient earth,
Though higher yet the tide of battle rise,
Now has the hero cast away disguise,
And out of ruin splendour comes to birth.
This is the field where Death and Honour meet,
And all the lesser company are low:
Pale Loveliness has left her mirror now
And walks the Court of Pain with silent feet.
From cliff to cliff war's cataract goes down,
Hurling its booming waters to the shock;
And, tossing high their manes of gleaming spray,
The crested chargers leap from rock to rock,
While over all, dark though the thunder frown,
The rainbows climb above to meet the day.
Scheme | ABBACXXC DEFEDF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010101 1101011101 1101010101 011101111 110111011 0101010011 11110101 0101111101 1111110011 1011010101 0101111101 0101011111 1101110101 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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