Analysis of The Last Supper
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips,
And the mouth so mocking gay,
A wanton you to the finger-tips,
Who break men's hearts in play;
A thing of dust I have striven for,
Honour and manhood given for,
Headlong to ruin driven for,
And this is the last, you say. . . .
Drinking your wine with dainty sips,
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips.
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips,
ong have you held your sway;
I have laughed at your merry quips -
Now is my time to pay.
What we sow we must reap again;
When we laugh we must weep again;
So to-night we will sleep again,
Nor wake until Judgement Day. . . .
'Tis a poisoned wine that your palate lips,
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips.
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips,
Down on your knees and pray;
Pray your last ere the moment slips,
Pray ere the dark and the terror grips,
And the bright world fades away.
Pray for the peace and the rest of us:
Here comes the Shape in quest of us,
Now we must go away. . . .
You and I in the grave's eclipse,
Marie Vaux of the painted Lips.
Scheme | Ababcccb aA Ababdddb aA Abaabeeb aA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 01110101 0011101 010110101 111101 011111101 101101 1110101 0110111 10111101 01110101 01110101 111111 11111101 111111 11111101 11111101 11111101 1101101 1010111101 01110101 01110101 111101 11110101 110100101 0011101 110100111 11010111 111101 10100101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 978 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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