Analysis of Untitled
Alexander Pope 1688 (London) – 1744 (Twickenham)
'Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool.
But you yourself may serve to show it,
Every fool is not a poet.'
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111001 110010101 110111111 100111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 133 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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