18 fields (sites, battlegrounds)
17 banners (standards, uniforms)
16 bands (spartan, militaristic)
15 ribbons (loose, fluttering)
14 sashes (bright, coloured)
13 clouds (grey, foreboding)
12 drums (clipped, regimental)
11 fires (effigies, crackers)
10 rows (deep, breasted)
 9 steps (slippery, barnacled)
 8 hours (waiting, working)
 7 days (blessed, counting)
 6 rounds (fired, targeted)
 5 friends (rioting, missing)
 4 slogans (graffiti, shouting)
 3 leaders (inspired, pathological)
 2 winds (changing, dying)
 1 blow (kingdoms, coming)