Analysis of A Fragment Of Seneca Translated
John Wilmot 1647 (Ditchley, Oxfordshire) – 1680 (Woodstock, Oxfordshire)
After Death nothing is, and nothing, death,
The utmost limit of a gasp of breath.
Let the ambitious zealot lay aside
His hopes of heaven, whose faith is but his pride;
Let slavish souls lay by their fear
Nor be concerned which way nor where
After this life they shall be hurled.
Dead, we become the lumber of the world,
And to that mass of matter shall be swept
Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.
Devouring time swallows us whole.
Impartial death confounds body and soul.
For Hell and the foul fiend that rules
God's everlasting fiery jails
(Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools),
With his grim, grisly dog that keeps the door,
Are senseless stories, idle tales,
Dreams, whimsey's, and no more.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGGHIHJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010101 011010111 1001010101 11110111111 11011111 11011111 10111111 1101010101 0111110111 1101111111 010011011 0101011001 11001111 10101001 01111011 1111011101 11010101 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 561 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 125 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 27, 2023
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