Analysis of Fodder for Cannon
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
Bodies glad, erect,
Beautiful with youth,
Life's elect,
Nature's truth,
Marching host on host,
Those bright, unblemished ones,
Manhood's boast,
Feed them to the guns.
Hearts and brains that teem
With blessing for the race,
Thought and dream,
Vision, grace,
Oh, love's best and most,
Bridegrooms, brothers, sons,
Host on host
Feed them to the guns.
Scheme | ababcdcD efefcdcD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 10011 101 101 10111 110101 11 11101 10111 110101 101 101 11101 1101 111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 355 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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