Analysis of Democritus And Heraclitus
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Democritus, dear droll, revisit earth,
And with our follies glut thy heighten'd mirth:
Sad Heraclitus, serious wretch, return,
In louder grief our greater crimes to mourn,
Between you both I unconcern'd stand by;
Hurt can I lauh? and honest need I cry?
| Scheme | AABCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 01101011101 11100101 01011010111 011110111 1111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 255 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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