Analysis of The Worst Treason
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
The deepest infamy man can attain,
Is to strangle Rome, or France enchain;
Whate'er the place, the land, the city be,
'T is to rob man of soul and liberty;
'T is with drawn sword the senate to invade,
And murder law in its own court betrayed.
To enslave the land is guilt of such black dye,
It is ne'er quitted by God's vengeful eye;
The crime once done, they day of grace expires,
Heaven's punishment, which, howe'er slow, ne'er tires,
Begins to march, and comes serene and calm,
With her steel knotted whip beneath her arm.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101001101 11101111 1001010101 11111110100 11111010101 0101011101 10101111111 111111101 01111111010 101001101110 0111010101 1011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 401 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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