Analysis of Crimean War
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
At the announcement that Britain was to declare War, Kossuth
the Hungarian Patriot and orator, declared in an address in
England, that the British Lion was a sea dog but helpless on land.
When the British Lion offered aid to the turk,
Round many lips a sneer of serious doubt did lurk,
They said he was at home on sea, but when on land
He would be as a ship wrecked upon the strand ;
Or like some huge, ungainly crockadile [sic]
Upon the marshy banks of sluggish Nile,
Who could move gayly on the deep
But on dry land could scarcely creep.
But up the Alma heights he rushed, like grayhounds after hare,
And in a moment by the throat he seized the Russian Bear,
Which begged so hard for mercy, his life he did it spare,
And closely now it is confined within its native lair;
For its strong fortress great Sebastapool,
Was forced to submit to Great Britain's rule.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101101101110 001001000100010110 10101010101111011 101010101101 1101011100111 111111111111 11110110101 111101011 0101011101 1111101 11111101 1101011111101 00010101110101 1111110111111 01011101011101 1111011 1110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 859 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 14 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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