Analysis of Hypocrisy
Samuel Butler 1613 (Strensham) – 1680 (London)
Hypocrisy will serve as well
To propagate a church, as zeal;
As persecution and promotion
Do equally advance devotion:
So round white stones will serve, they say,
As well as eggs to make hens lay.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001111 1100111 10100010 110001010 11111111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 191 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 10, 2023
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