Analysis of Destiny
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
SOLDIER, why do you shrink from the hiss of the hungry lead?
The bullet that whizzed is past; the approaching ball is dumb.
Stand straight! you cannot shrink from Fate: let it come!
A comrade in front may hear it whiz—when you are dead.
| Scheme | ABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Enclosed rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111110110101 01011110010111 11110111111 010111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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