Analysis of Fragments Of A Lost Gnostic Poem Of The Twelfth Century
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
Found a family, build a state,
The pledged event is still the same:
Matter in end will never abate
His ancient brutal claim.
Indolence is heaven’s ally here,
And energy the child of hell:
The Good Man pouring from his pitcher clear
But brims the poisoned well.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10100101 01011101 100111001 110101 1110101 01000111 0111011101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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