Analysis of Axiom
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
LET him who toils, enjoy
Fruit of his toiling.
Let him whom sweats annoy,
No more be spoiling.
For we would have it be
That, weak or stronger,
Not he who works, but he
Who works not, hunger!
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 111101 11110 111101 11110 111111 11110 111111 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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