Analysis of Enquiry
Michael Lester 1987 (Dundee)
Is there decision or unfolding?
Is there cause and effect or just flowing?
Is mind interpreting or knowing?
Is mind just another happening - coming and going?
So what’s knowing?
And what’s doing unfolding?
| Scheme | A A A A A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101010 1110011110 11100110 11101010010010 1010 0010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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From the book Divine Rhyme, edited by Michael Lester.
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