Analysis of Ad Magistrum Ludi

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)



NOW in the sky
And on the hearth of
Now in a drawer the direful cane,
That sceptre of the . . . reign,
And the long hawser, that on the back
Of Marsyas fell with many a whack,
Twice hardened out of Scythian hides,
Now sleep till the October ides.

In summer if the boys be well.


Scheme XXAABBCC X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 01011 1001011 110101 00111101 11111001 110111001 11100101 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 277
Words 57
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. more…

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