Analysis of The Question Answered

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)



What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified Desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of gratified Desire


Scheme aAaA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111010110 01110010 1111010110 01110010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 150
Words 28
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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