Analysis of Send Them Home Tenderly
Send them home tenderly,
The sleepers at rest,
With hands meekly folded
On each silent breast;
Let them come back to slumber
Beneath northern skies,
Where true hearts may weep o’er them,
And prayer incense rise.
Send them home tenderly,
The noble and true,
Scarce gone from their hearthstones -
Scarce whispered 'Adieu'
Gone forth for their country,
It’s rights to sustain,
But, all bleeding and lifeless,
Returning again.
Send them home tenderly,
Our martyr'd and brave,
With the stripes and stars round them,
All robed for the grave.
Bereaved mothers shall clasp them
In pride to their breast,
And the good of our nation
Shall weep where they rest.
Send them home tenderly,
Each wound gaping wide
Shall send myriads of voices
From the dark purple tide;
And strong hands shall be grasping
The bright, unsheath'd sword,
With fresh fervor to battle
For right and the Lord.
Scheme | Abxbxcdc Aeceaxxx Afdfdbxb Agxgxhxh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100 01011 111010 11101 1111110 01101 1111111 01011 111100 01001 11111 11001 111110 11101 1110010 01001 111100 101001 1010111 11101 0110111 01111 00111010 11111 111100 11101 111110 101101 0111110 0111 1110110 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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