Reference Explanations
Stanza 2:
Steve Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe – Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Edmund Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) & Anna of Arendelle (Disney's Frozen)
Stanza 3:
Joshua L. Chamberlain (Colonel in the Army of the Potomac, Battle of Petersburg)
Eärendil (The Silmarillion)
Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe – Thor) & Peter Parker (Spider-Man, 2002 and Marvel Cinematic Universe – Spider-Man: Homecoming)
Ivanhoe (Ivanhoe, Walter Scott)
Stanza 4:
Spartans at Thermopylae (Persian Wars), Texans at Alamo (Texas War for Independence), & The Army of the West at the Black Gate (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Bat family, Super family, Flash family, Arrow family, etc. (DC comics)
Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock – The Reichenbach Fall)
Everett K. Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe – Black Panther)
Stanza 5:
Sidney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities)
Boromir (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Sir Philip Sidney (Battle of Zutphen)
Ten Boom family (The Hiding Place)
Stanza 6:
Otto Octavius (Spider-Man 2, 2004)
Pietro Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe – Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Han Solo (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
Rogue One crew (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Stanza 7:
Roonwit (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle)
Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Fingolfin (The Silmarillion)
Frodo Baggins & Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)
Stanza 8:
Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Bruce Wayne (The Dark Knight Rises)
Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe – The Avengers)
Stephen Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe – Doctor Strange)
Stanza 9:
Fa Mulan (Disney's Mulan)
Spock (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan)
Finrod Felagund (The Silmarillion)
Gaius Mucius Scaevola (Livy's Early History of Rome) & Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Stanza 10:
Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
Elwin Ransom (Perelandra)
Jesus Christ (The Bible)