Analysis of The Defeated
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Think not because you raise
A gleaming sword,
That you will win to praise
Before the Lord.
And though men hail you great
Unto the skies,
Deem not 'twill ope' the gate
Of Paradise.
Though you have gold and gear
And fame and power,
What odds when you draw near
The Judgement Hour?
But if in bloody dust
Yet unafraid
You battle for the Just
With broken blade--
Then will the Lord look down
With eyes of love,
And you shall win a Crown
All price above.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 110111 0101 111111 0101 011111 1001 111101 110 111101 01010 111111 01010 110101 101 110101 1101 110111 1111 011101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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