Analysis of Poet And Priest.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
The poet's born, the priest is made: at last
Shall come a day when all men at the shrine
Of poesy shall pay their vows, and know
The oracles of Nature are divine,
And but the inspired have authority.
| Scheme | ABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0101011111 1101111101 11111101 0100110101 01001010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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