Analysis of On Catullus
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
Tell me not what too well I know
About the bard of Sirmio.
Yes, in Thalia’s son
Such stains there are—as when a Grace
Sprinkles another’s laughing face
With nectar, and runs on.
| Scheme | ABCDDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 010111 1011 11111101 101101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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