Analysis of The Poet
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin 1799 (Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin Moscow) – 1837 (Saint Petersburg)
Until he hears Apollo's call
To make a hallowed sacrifice,
A Poet lives in feeble thrall
To people's empty vanities;
And silent is his sacred lyre,
His soul partakes of chilly sleep,
And of the world's unworthy sons
He is, perhaps, the very least.
But once Divinity's command
Approaches his exquisite ear,
The poet's soul awakens, poised,
Just like an eagle stirred from sleep.
All worldly pleasures leave him cold,
From common talk he stays aloof,
And will not lower his proud head
Before the nation's sacred cow.
Untamed and brooding, he takes flight,
Seething with sound and agitation,
To reach a sea-swept, desert shore,
A woodland wide and murmuring...
Scheme | AXAXXBXX XXXBXXXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110101 1101010 01010101 11010100 01011101 1111101 01010101 11010101 11101 01011001 01010101 11110111 11010111 11011101 01110111 01010101 1010111 10110010 11011101 0110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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