Analysis of They Say:
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
They say:'Be prudent' - and then comes this dithyramb:
Who thinks to strike Nero
'Tiptoes in and does not first cry out an iamb
'Nor make a bugle blow
'Remember Ettenheim - abduction of great fame;
'Do not hurry your task.
'But be like Chereas who in the shadows came
Alone, silent, in mask.
'Those who follow prudence achieve their ev'ry aim
'Walk hidden in the shade…'
I'll leave to those who seek a long life to proclaim
Cowardice virtue made.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CECE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110011110 111110 1001111111 110101 0101010111 111011 111110011 011001 11101001111 110001 111111011101 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 445 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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