Analysis of Conduct
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
From the Mahabharata.
Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day
Which from the night shall drive thy peace away.
In months of sun so live that months of rain
Shall still be happy. Evermore restrain
Evil and cherish good, so shall there be
Another and a happier life for thee.
| Scheme | X AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1000010 111111111 1101111101 0111111111 111101001 1001011111 01000100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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