Analysis of A Shakespeare Memorial
Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)
Why should we lodge in marble or in bronze
Spirits more vast than earth, or sea, or sky?
Wiser the silent worshipper that cons
Their words for wisdom that will never die.
Unto the favourite of the passing hour
Erect the statue and parade the bust;
Whereon decisive Time will slowly shower
Oblivion's refuse and disdainful dust.
The Monarchs of the Mind, self-sceptred Kings,
Need no memento to transmit their name:
Throned on their thoughts and high imaginings,
They are the Lords, not sycophants of Fame.
Raise pedestals to perishable stuff:
Gods for themselves are monuments enough.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1011111111 10010111 1111011101 1001101010 010100101 1010111010 10100101 01101111 1101010111 1111011 11011111 1100110001 1101110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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