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.


Scheme ABCBDDEEFFGGE
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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Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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