Analysis of Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal
Like those champions devoted and brave,
When they plunged in the tyrant their steel,
And to Athens deliverance gave.
Beloved heroes! your deathless souls roam
In the joy breathing isles of the blest;
Where the mighty of old have their home -
Where Achilles and Diomed rest.
In fresh myrtle my blade I'll entwine,
Like Harmodious, the gallant and good,
When he made at the tutelar shrine
A libation of Tyranny's blood.
Ye deliverers of Athens from shame!
Ye avengers of Liberty's wrongs!
Endless ages shall cherish your fame
Embalmed in their echoing songs!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 101011101 1110001001 111001011 011001001 01101111 001101101 101011111 1010011 011011101 1101001 1111011 01111 1010011011 1111001 101011011 01011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 594 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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