Analysis of Rousseau
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Monument of our own age's shame,
On thy country casting endless blame,
Rousseau's grave, how dear thou art to me
Calm repose be to thy ashes blest!
In thy life thou vainly sought'st for rest,
But at length 'twas here obtained by thee!
When will ancient wounds be covered o'er?
Wise men died in heathen days of yore;
Now 'tis lighter--yet they die again.
Socrates was killed by sophists vile,
Rousseau meets his death through Christians' wile,--
Rousseau--who would fain make Christians men!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101101 111010101 11111111 101111101 0111101111 111110111 1110111010 111010111 111011101 1011111 011111101 011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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