Analysis of Ad Olum
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
CALL me not rebel, though { here at every word
{in what I sing
If I no longer hail thee { King and Lord
{ Lord and King
I have redeemed myself with all I had,
And now possess my fortunes poor but glad.
With all I had I have redeemed myself,
And escaped at once from slavery and pelf.
The unruly wishes must a ruler take,
Our high desires do our low fortunes make:
Those only who desire palatial things
Do bear the fetters and the frowns of Kings;
Set free thy slave; thou settest free thyself.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101111001 0111 1111011101 101 110111111 0101110111 111111011 00111110001 00101010101 1010101101101 11010100101 1101000111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 382 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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