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The Call to Ireland

Francis Ledwidge

We have fought so much for the nation
In the tents we helped to divide;
Shall the cause of our common fathers
On our earthstones lie denied?
For the price of a field we have wrangled
While the weather rusted the plow,
' twas yours and 'twas mine and 'tis ours yet
And it's time to be fencing it now.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEFE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 302
Words 62
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Francis Ledwidge

 · 1887 · Slane
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Francis Edward Ledwidge was an Irish war poet from County Meath. more…

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