Analysis of Our Pilots
William Henry Ogilvie 1869 (Scotland) – 1963
You that run the reddened ditch among the drifted leaves
May set the pace to conquerors and guide the sons of kings!
You that on your stealthy feet go through the wood like thieves
May lead your troop, a hundred horse, when once a holloa rings!
You that, if you lay in death, the poorest churl would pass-
You whose brush and mask and pads there's not a tramp would take-
Can set the pride of England riding jealous on the grass
And captains, earls, and countesses contending in your wake!
You're vermin to a vast of folk, but glory to a few.
What is it in your creeping stride that calls and calls and calls?
What is it, when the racing pack runs on from scent to view,
That rallies us to ride our best - dead straight - and chance the falls?
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 111011010101 11011100010111 1111101110111 1111010111011 1111101010111 1110101110111 11011101010101 01010100010011 11010111110101 11101101110101 11110101111111 110111101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 750 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 579 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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