Analysis of The Story of Man
On the first day, Man created the dog,
and on the second, the cat.
He then decided that pig tasted better than boar,
so on the third day, created the pig pen.
On the fourth day, the wild goat became man's slave,
and on the fifth, the massive aurochs was subjugated and tamed.
The sixth day was one of great deeds,
for all the other animals bowed down to Man's might.
Then, on the seventh day,
when Man lay down to rest,
the foundations of the Earth trembled,
the animals wept,
and all was lost.
On the eighth day,
the Earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
God, defeated, also wept.
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXAXXBX AXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101001 0101001 111011101011 11011010011 10110110111 01010101110001 01111111 1101010011111 110101 111111 001010110 01001 0111 1011 01101101 01010101101 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 604 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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