Analysis of On Lucretia Borgia’s Hair
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
BORGIA, thou once wert almost too august
And high for adoration; now thou ’rt dust;
All that remains of thee these plaits unfold,
Calm hair meandering in pellucid gold.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101111110 0110101111 1101111101 110100011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 175 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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