Analysis of The Llama
Hilaire Belloc 1870 (La Celle-Saint-Cloud) – 1953
The Llama is a wooly sort of fleecy hairy goat,
With an indolent expression and an undulating throat
Like an unsuccessful literary man.
And I know the place he lives in (or at least- I think I do)
It is Ecuador, Brazil or Chile- possibly Peru;
You must find it in the Atlas if you can.
The Llama of the Pampasses you never should confound
(In spite of a deceptive similarity of sound)
With the Llama who is Lord of Turkestan.
For the former is a beautiful and valuable beast,
But the latter is not lovable nor useful in the least;
And the Ruminant is preferable surely to the Priest
Who battens on the woful superstitions of the East,
The Mongol of the Monastery of Shan.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101110101 11100010011001 110101001 011011101111111 11100111010001 11110010111 010101110101 0110010010011 101011111 10101010001001 101011100110001 001001100010101 11101010101 0101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 11 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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