Analysis of On The Descent Into Hell Of Ezzelino Di Napoli
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
Rejoice, ye nations! one is dead
By whom ten thousand hearts have bled.
Widows and orphans, raise your voice . .
One voice, ye prostrate peoples, raise
To God; to God alone be praise!
All dwellers upon earth, rejoice:
The imprisond soul, the tortured limb,
Are now at last set free by Him.
Each king their fellow king supplied
With thongs to scourge ye: but your wrongs
Reacht highest heaven; Angelic tongues
Shouted when Earth's Flagellant died.
The Demons heard and yell'd below,
Glad that his endless day of woe
(Long after theirs) had dimly dawn'd.
The proudest of them all sate dumb,
Angry that any Prince should come,
Who grudg'd to give the soul he pawn'd.
He gnasht his teeth; opprobrious names
Muttered on Death, and wisht his flames
Could crack his stubborn ribs . . in vain . .
He must resign or share the place
Imperial; he must bear disgrace
While that intruder feels but pain.
The Devils' mouths but seldom water,
Yet, sniffing this fat slug of slaughter,
Theirs do, they then this grace begin,
'We have carous'd on king and pope
By dozens; could the worthiest hope
A second course of Ezzelin?'
Scheme | AABCCB DDEXXE FFGHHG IIJKKJ LLXMMJ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110111 11110111 10010111 11110101 11110111 11001101 0110101 11111111 11110101 11111111 11010101 101111 01010101 11110111 11011101 01011111 10110111 11110111 111111 10110111 11110101 11011101 010011101 11010111 010111010 110111110 11111101 1111101 110101001 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,087 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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