Analysis of The Fugitive
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
His shatter’d Empire thunders to the ground:
A myriad hearts peal laughter as it falls,
While red flags flutter on its ruined walls
And living joy darts all the world around.
The imperial criminal, naked and uncrowned,
Breathing a shuddering air of curses, crawls,
Baffled and beaten, from his gorgeous halls,
While Vengeance halloos lapdog, cur and hound.
Behold the arrogant humbled, and rejoice
The grasping hand holds naught but flying dust,
And Envy meets the pitiless grin of Fate.
Take warning of your own heart’s inward voice,
Bid your own soul be humble and distrust
The yelping promises of greed and hate.
| Scheme | ABBAABBA CDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet (93%) |
| Metre | 1110010101 01001110111 1111011101 0101110101 001001001001 10010011101 1001011101 11011101 01010010001 0101111101 01010100111 1101111101 1111110001 0101001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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