Analysis of On Napoleon's Death
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov 1814 (Moscow) – 1841 (Pyatigorsk, Caucasus Oblast)
Cold hears thy soul the praise or cursing of posterity.
Quit of the human race, thou man of destiny!
They only could o'erthrow, who thee did elevate--
Forever thus remains thy greatness great!
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110111010100 110101111100 1101111110 0101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 197 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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