The Volunteer
Sir Henry Newbolt 1862 (Bilston, Staffordshire) – 1938 (Kensington, London)
He leap to arms unbidden,
Unneeded, over-bold;
His face by earth is hidden,
His heart in earth is cold.
Curse on the reckless daring
That could not wait the call,
The proud fantastic bearing
That would be first to fall!
O tears of human passion,
Blue not the image true;
This was not folly's fashion,
This was the man we knew.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AXAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 323 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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