Analysis of The Patriot
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
The patriot from his walls of brass
Is singing loudly as I pass;
With fearless heart and open eyes,
He shouts the ancient battle cries;
And, where I pause to hear him sing,
A silent crowd is listening.
My country, God bestows by thee
The glory of the world to be
The glory thou alone canst give
To last amid things fugitive.
My country, an ideal form
I see thee splendid in the storm,
Directress of the power divine
That makes the expectant future thine.
My country, all the world shall bow
Before thy peace-conceiving brow,
And all the peoples humbly stand
Submissive to thy blessing hand.
My country, yea, the foes who raise
A tyrant flag shall learn to praise
Thy steadfast love that dares to fight
The horde of Satan for the right.
My country, loveliest, strongest, best,
Thou hast a mission to the rest,
And greater wealth and love shall be
The guerdon of thy ministry.
In every land I hear him sing;
In every land I see him fling
His country’s flag against the skies
And gaze aloft with dazzled eyes;
And then his loud applause rings round
His walls of brass with brazen sound;
And deep below his cheering loud
I mark the murmur of the crowd.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJKK LLDD CCBBMMNN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010011111 11010111 11010101 11010101 01111111 01011100 11010111 01010111 01010111 11011100 1101011 11110001 1101001 110010101 11010111 01110101 01010101 01011101 11010111 01011111 1111111 01110101 1101101 11010101 01010111 0111100 010011111 010011111 1110101 01011101 01110111 11111101 01011101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,125 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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