Analysis of White-Collar Spaniard
We have no heart for civil strife,
Our burdens we prefer to bear;
We long to live a peaceful life
And claim of happiness our share.
If only to be clothed and fed
And see our children laugh and play -
That means a lot when all is said,
In this grim treadmill of today.
The price of manhood is too high
When leap the sacrificial flames;
For Justice we refuse to die:
Honour and Pride are empty names.
We will not play the martyr's part,
We will not perish for a Cause;
Leave that to fools - with humble heart
We live according to the Laws.
For see! Comes up the city street,
Communion-clad a shining band
Of timy children, angel-sweet,
Singing and holding hand in hand . . .
So let Might triumph over Right;
From sufferance content we take:
We fight because we do not fight,
And it is for our children's sake.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGXGX HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 101010111 11110101 011100101 11011101 011010101 11011111 0111101 0111111 1100101 11010111 1011101 1111011 11110101 11111101 11010101 11110101 01010101 1110101 10010101 11110101 111011 11011111 011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 792 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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