Analysis of Man
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
IN his own image the Creator made,
His own pure sunbeam quicken’d thee, O man!
Thou breathing dial! since thy day began
The present hour was ever mark’d with shade!
| Scheme | ABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Enclosed rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111000101 11111111 1101011101 01010110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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