Analysis of Lilith Libifera
Owen Seaman 1861 – 1936
Exhumed from out the inner cirque of Hell
By kind permission of the Evil One,
Behold her devilish presentment, done
By Master Aubrey's weird unearthly spell!
This is that Lady known as Jezebel,
Or Lilith, Eden's woman-scorpion,
Libifera, that is, that takes the bun,
Borgia, Vivien, Cussed Damosel.
Hers are the bulging lips that fairly break
The pumpkin's heart; and hers the eyes that shame
The wanton ape that culls the cocoa-nuts.
Even such the yellow-bellied toads that slake
Nocturnally their amorous-ardent flame
In the wan waste of weary water-butts.
| Scheme | ABBAABBA CDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
| Metre | 0111010111 1101010101 010100101 110110101 11110111 110110100 1111101 1010011 0101011101 011000111 0101110101 10101010111 11100101 0011110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 548 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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