Analysis of The Burial Of Moliere
Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)
Dead--he is dead! The rouge has left a trace
On that thin cheek where shone, perchance, a tear,
Even while the people laughed that held him dear
But yesterday. He died,--and not in grace,
And many a black-robed caitiff starts apace
To slander him whose Tartuffe made them fear,
And gold must win a passage for his bier,
And bribe the crowd that guards his resting-place.
Ah, Moliere, for that last time of all,
Man's hatred broke upon thee, and went by,
And did but make more fair thy funeral.
Though in the dark they hid thee stealthily,
Thy coffin had the cope of night for pall,
For torch, the stars along the windy sky!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 1111110101 10101011111 110110101 0100111101 110111111 0111010111 0101111101 101111111 1101011011 0111111100 10011111 1101011111 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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