Analysis of Dingley And Brent

Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)



Dingley and Brent,
Wherever they went,
Ne'er minded a word that was spoken;
Whatever was said,
They ne'er troubled their head,
But laugh'd at their own silly joking.

Should Solomon wise
In majesty rise,
And show them his wit and his learning;
They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

You tell a good jest,
And please all the rest;
Comes Dingley, and asks you, what was it?
And, curious to know,
Away she will go
To seek an old rag in the closet.


Scheme AAXBBC DDCEEX FFXGGX
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 01011 110011110 1011 111011 111111010 11001 01001 011110110 11011 11011 1010111010 11011 01101 110011111 010011 01111 111110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 477
Words 95
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. more…

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