Analysis of Tame Xenia
GOD gave to mortals birth,
In his own image too;
Then came Himself to earth,
A mortal kind and true.
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BARBARIANS oft endeavour
Gods for themselves to make
But they're more hideous ever
Than dragon or than snake.
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WHAT shall I teach thee, the very first thing?--
Fain would I learn o'er my shadow to spring!
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'WHAT is science, rightly known?
'Tis the strength of life alone.
Life canst thou engender never,
Life must be life's parent ever.
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It matters not, I ween,
Where worms our friends consume,
Beneath the turf so green,
Or 'neath a marble tomb.
Remember, ye who live,
Though frowns the fleeting day,
That to your friends ye give
What never will decay.
Scheme | A BA B C DC D EE FFCC F GX GX HX H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 011101 110111 010101 1 01001010 110111 11110010 110111 1 1111101011 1111101111 1 1110101 1011101 11101010 11111010 1 110111 1110101 010111 110101 010111 110101 111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 658 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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