Analysis of Ad Nepotem
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
O NEPOS, twice my neigh(b)our (since at home
We're door by door, by Flora's temple dome;
And in the country, still conjoined by fate,
Behold our villas standing gate by gate),
Thou hast a daughter, dearer far than life -
Thy image and the image of thy wife.
Thy image and thy wife's, and be it so!
But why for her, { neglect the flowing } can
{ O Nepos, leave the }
And lose the prime of thy Falernian?
Hoard casks of money, if to hoard be thine;
But let thy daughter drink a younger wine!
Let her go rich and wise, in silk and fur;
Lay down a { bin that shall } grow old with her;
{ vintage to }
But thou, meantime, the while the batch is sound,
With pleased companions pass the bowl around;
Nor let the childless only taste delights,
For Fathers also may enjoy their nights.
Scheme | AABBCCX DX DEEF FX GGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110111 111111101 000101111 01101010111 1101010111 1100010111 1100110111 1110010101 1110 0101111 1111011111 1111010101 1011010101 1101111110 101 111010111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 795 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 2, 4, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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