Analysis of At Madame Tussaud's
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
I STOOD in that strange show, the other day,
On Baker Street, where all the famous men,
Fair dames, and murderers come to life again,
With clockwork breast and face of mimic clay,
To scare the young. Thrice in the long display,
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Blundering, I thought wax flesh, then, with surprise
At being deceived, I turned with cautious eyes
And took for wax all those that thronged my way.
So in this age, methinks, when in the light
Of fuller knowledge, forms that men have reared
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And worshipped turn to dust, too hasty youths,
Shunning the whirlpool jaws of credulous sight,
Rush towards a Scylla far more to be feared,
And take for shadows all too living truths.
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Metre | 1101110101 1101110101 11010011101 111011101 1101100101 1 10011111101 11001111101 0111111111 101111001 1101011111 1 0101111101 1001111001 10101011111 011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 517 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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