Analysis of Alton Locke's Song
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
Weep, weep, weep and weep,
For pauper, dolt, and slave!
Hark! from wasted moor and fen,
Feverous alley, stifling den,
Swells the wail of Saxon men-
Work! or the grave!
Down, down, down and down,
With idler, knave, and tyrant!
Why for sluggards cark and moil?
He that will not live by toil
Has no right on English soil!
God's word's our warrant!
Up, up, up and up!
Face your game and play it!
The night is past, behold the sun!
The idols fall, the lie is done!
The Judge is set, the doom begun!
Who shall stay it?
On Torridge, May 1849.
| Scheme | XABBBA XCDDDC XEFFFE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 110101 1110101 110101 1011101 1101 11101 11001010 111101 1111111 1111101 111010 11101 111011 01110101 01010111 01110101 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 525 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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