Analysis of Ultima Thule: Jugurtha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
Cried the African monarch, the splendid,
As down to his death in the hollow
Dark dungeons of Rome he descended,
Uncrowned, unthroned, unattended;
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
Cried the Poet, unknown, unbefriended,
As the vision, that lured him to follow,
With the mist and the darkness blended,
And the dream of his life was ended;
How cold are thy baths, Apollo!
| Scheme | AbabxA AbabbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111010 101001010 111110010 110111010 110010 11111010 11111010 1010011 1010111110 101001010 001111110 11111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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