Analysis of On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness”
Arthur Guiterman 1871 (Vienna) – 1943
The tusks which clashed in mighty brawls
Of mastodons, are billiard balls.
The sword of Charlemagne the Just
Is Ferric Oxide, known as rust.
The grizzly bear, whose potent hug
Was feared by all, is now a rug.
Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,
And I don't feel so well myself.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110101 111101 0111001 111111 01011101 11111101 11011101 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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