Analysis of The Race Of Banquo
Robert Southey 1774 (Bristol) – 1843 (London)
Fly, son of Banquo! Fleance, fly!
Leave thy guilty sire to die.
O'er the heath the stripling fled,
The wild storm howling round his head.
Fear mightier thro' the shades of night
Urged his feet, and wing'd his flight;
And still he heard his father cry
Fly, son of Banquo! Fleance, fly.
Fly, son of Banquo! Fleance, fly
Leave thy guilty sire to die.
On every blast was heard the moan
The anguish'd shriek, the death-fraught groan;
Loathly night-hags join the yell
And see--the midnight rites of Hell.
Forms of magic! spare my life!
Shield me from the murderer's knife!
Before me dim in lurid light
Float the phantoms of the night--
Behind I hear my Father cry,
Fly, son of Banquo--Fleance, fly!
Parent of the sceptred race,
Fearless tread the circled space:
Fearless Fleance venture near--
Sire of monarchs--spurn at fear.
Sisters with prophetic breath
Pour we now the dirge of Death!
Scheme | AAbbccaA AAddee ffccaa gghh ii |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 11101011 10010101 01110111 110010111 1110111 01111101 111111 111111 11101011 110011101 01010111 111101 0101111 1110111 11101001 01110101 1010101 01111101 111111 101011 1010101 101101 1011111 1010101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 865 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 6, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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