Analysis of The Vampire
Charles Baudelaire 1821 (Paris) – 1867 (Paris)
You that, like a dagger’s thrust,
Have entered my complaining heart,
You that, stronger than a host
Of demons, came, wild yet prepared;
Within my mind’s humility
You made your bed and your domain;
- Infamous one who’s bound to me
Like any felon by his chain,
Like a gambler by his games,
Like the bottle and the sot,
Like the worms in one’s remains,
- Damm you! Damnation be your lot!
I’ve begged the merciful, swift sword
To overcome my liberty -
To poison I have said the word:
Save me from poltroonery.
Alas the sword! Alas the poison!
Contemptuous, they spoke to m:
"You never can deserve remission
Of your accursed slavery,
"Imbecile! - If our deadly empire
Freed you from your present fate,
Your kiss would soon resuscitate
The cold cadaver of your vampire!"
Scheme | XXXX ABAB XXXX XAXC DXDA CEEC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11010101 1110101 11011101 01110100 11110101 10011111 11010111 1010111 1010001 1010101 11010111 11010011 1101100 11011101 1111 010101010 01001111 110101010 111100 10011010100 1111101 1111010 010101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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