Analysis of Hallowed Ground
Where, oh death, is thy sting?
A shallow victory the grave doth bring.
Hewn and cut—a stone that marks
The hallowed ground now set apart
For soldiers brave who sacrificed
In giving all, they paid the price
Their graves aligned—row by row
The hallowed ground, here below
That those who walk upon this Earth
May ever know freedom’s worth
A debt of honor that they are owed
For God and Country, it is bestowed
Whose banner waves, its stars, and stripes
Unfurled in majesty—both day and night
The broken earth on which we stand
Is hallowed still by heart and hand
That this great nation, under God
For this devotion was their cause
That we may long in liberty live
Or else in vain, their lives did give
©2022 Brian Duffin
Scheme | AAXX XXBB CCDD XXEE XXFF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 0101000111 1010111 01011101 1101110 01011101 1101111 0101101 11110111 1101101 011101111 110101101 11011101 0101001101 01011111 11011101 11110101 11010111 111101001 11011111 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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