Analysis of Dis Manibus
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)
Gustave Flaubert, whose honoured rôle
Was to be scribe to Nero's soul,
And make French flesh to creep and crow
O'er Carthaginian Salammbô,
Lies here—in body, as in the brain,
Like Morgue-corpse tumid from the Seine.
What shall be writ above his grave?
Vitellius', Nero's dying stave?
“Fui Imperator,” shall it flow,
Or “Qualis artifex pereo.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 010101110 11111101 01111101 1001001 110101001 11111010 11110111 110101 11111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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