Analysis of Louvain
A shrine, where saints and scholars met
And held aloft the torch of truth,
Lies smouldering 'neath fair Brabant's skies,
A ruined heap - war's prize in sooth!
The Pilates of Teutonic blood
That fired the brand and flung the bomb
Now wash their hands of evil deed,
While all the world stands ghast and dumb.
Is this your culture, sons of Kant,
And ye who kneel 'round Goethe's throne?
To carry in your knapsacks death?
To feel for man nor ruth nor moan?
What 'vails it now your mighty guns
If God be mightier in the sky?
What 'vail your cities, walls and towers
If half your progress be a lie?
The smoking altars, ruined arch
Of ancient church and Gothic fane
Have felt the death stings of your shells,
And speak in pity thro' Louvain.
Wheel back your guns, your howitzers melt,
Forget your "World-Power's" cursed plan
And sign in peace and not in blood
Dread Sinai's pact 'twixt God and Man.
For His Eminence Cardinal Merrier.
Scheme | XAXABXXX XCXCXDXD XXXCXEBE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 01010111 111111 01011101 0110101 110010101 11111101 11011101 11110111 0111111 1100111 11111111 11111101 111100001 111101010 1111101 01010101 11010101 11011111 0101011 111111001 01111011 01010101 1111101 11100100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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