Analysis of Could we as Mortals
Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)
Could we as mortals but our end foresee,
How little in our minds the world would be;
Could we as spirits but this life renew,
And be again incarnate as we were,
How little might be done like what we do,
How little cared for that which now is most our care
| Scheme | AABCBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110110101 11001010111 1111011101 0101010110 1101111111 1101111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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