Analysis of Heroism
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 (Boston) – 1882 (Concord)
Ruby wine is drunk by knaves,
Sugar spends to fatten slaves,
Rose and vine-leaf deck buffoons;
Thunder-clouds are Jove's festoons,
Drooping oft in wreaths of dread,
Lightning-knotted round his head;
The hero is not fed on sweets,
Daily his own heart he eats;
Chambers of the great are jails,
And head-winds right for royal sails.
| Scheme | AAAABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1011111 1011101 101111 101111 1010111 1010111 01011111 1011111 1010111 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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