Analysis of Marlowe
Arthur Bayldon 1865 – 1958
With eastern banners flaunting in the breeze
Royal processions, sounding fife and gong
And showering jewels on the jostling throng,
March to the tramp of Marlowe's harmonies.
He drained life's brimming goblet to the lees;
He recked not that a peer superb and strong
Would tune great notes to his impassioned song
And top his cannonading lines with ease.
To the wild clash of cymbals we behold
The tragic ending of his youthful life;
The revelry of kisses bought with gold,
The jest and jealous rival and the strife,
A harlot weeping o'er a corpse scarce cold,
A scullion fleeing with a bloody knife.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010001 1001010101 010010101001 110111100 1111010101 1111010101 1111110101 0111111 1011110101 0101011101 0100110111 0101010001 01010100111 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 483 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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