Analysis of A Parable
Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 (Edinburgh) – 1930 (Crowborough)
The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
And warmly debated the matter;
The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
And the Heretics said from the platter.
They argued it long and they argued it strong,
And I hear they are arguing now;
But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,
Not one of them thought of a cow,
| Scheme | ABABCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110111 010010010 0101111101 00111010 11011011011 011111001 111011011001 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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