Analysis of Group From Tartarus
Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)
Hark! like the sea in wrath the heavens assailing,
Or like a brook through rocky basin wailing,
Comes from below, in groaning agony,
A heavy, vacant torment-breathing sigh!
Their faces marks of bitter torture wear,
While from their lips burst curses of despair;
Their eyes are hollow, and full of woe,
And their looks with heartfelt anguish
Seek Cocytus' stream that runs wailing below,
For the bridge o'er its waters they languish.
And they say to each other in accents of fear,
"Oh, when will the time of fulfilment appear?"
High over them boundless eternity quivers,
And the scythe of Saturnus all-ruthlessly, shivers!
| Scheme | AAXXBBCDCD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101010010 11011101010 1101010100 010101101 1101110101 1111110101 111100111 0111110 111111001 10110110110 011111001011 111011101 11011001001 00111110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 247 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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