Analysis of Queen And Clown.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
Cleopatra: Hast thou the pretty worm of Nilus there, that kills and
pains not?
Clown: Truly I have him; but I would not be the party that should
desire you to touch him, for his biting is immortal: those that do die of it
do seldom or never recover.
* * * * *
Asps in a basket for the Queen!
The pretty worm of Nile
Will charm her from what might have been,
And make Death smile.
So soft an end for one so fair,
Her Roman lying low —
The other Roman finds her there,
Beyond him so!
| Scheme | ABCDE FGHGIJIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110101111110 11 1101111111101011 010111111101010111111 110110010 1 10010101 010111 11011111 0111 11111111 010101 01010101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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