Analysis of Lines
Samuel Johnson 1709 (Lichfield) – 1784 (London)
Written in Ridicule of Certain Poems
{of Thomas Warton} Published in 1777.
Wheresoe'er I turn my view,
All is strange, yet nothing new;
Endless labour all along,
Endless labour to be wrong;
Phrase that time has flung away,
Uncouth words in disarray,
Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet,
Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
| Scheme | XX AABBCCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) |
| Metre | 1001011010 11010100 11111 1111101 101101 101111 1111101 111001 10011010 10100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 313 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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