Analysis of Epitah on the Politician Himself
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.
Another on the Same
This, the last ornament among the peers,
Bribed, bullied, swindled and blackmailed for years:
But Death's what even Politicians fail
To bribe or swindle, bully or blackmail.
On Another Politician
The Politician, dead and turned to clay,
Will make a clout to keep the wind away.
I am not fond of draughts, and yet I doubt
If I could get myself to touch that clout.
On Yet Another
Fame to her darling Shifter glory gives;
And Shifter is immortal while he lives.
Epitah Upon Himself
Lauda tu Ilarion audacem et splendidum,
Who was always beginning things and never ended 'em.
Scheme | AABB C DDEE X AABB X FF X CX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1101010001 001011101 1111010101 1111111111 010101 1011000101 110100111 111100101 111101011 1010010 001010111 1101110101 1111110111 111111111 11010 1101010101 0101010111 10101 111111 1110101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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