Analysis of Before Actium.
Life is up and takes the morning;
Why should love still lie abed?
Lo! the charms of slumber scorning,
Tramps the troop that must be led.
Thousands come from hill and valley
Loud the town with clamour fill;
Why must then their leader dally,
Couched with Cleopatra still?
Life's awake — let Duty waken!
Love's a snare at such a time,
When Mars' harness should be taken
And the hearts of heroes chime.
Let the leader leave the lady!
Cupid is not lord of these,
Now the War-god ranks them ready
To post over land and seas.
Done with power's imperial pity,
Oh the hearts to-day must die —
Romans in an alien city
Pledged to death for Antony!
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFCGCGCHCC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11101010 1111101 1011101 1011111 10111010 101111 11111010 110101 10111010 1011101 11101110 0011101 10101010 1011111 10111110 1110101 1110010010 1011111 100110010 1111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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