Analysis of Fragment of a Character of Jacob Tonson, His Publisher
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
With leering looks, bull-faced, and freckled fair,
With two left legs, and Judas-coloured hair,
And frowzy pores that taint the ambient air.
| Scheme | AAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet Triplet |
| Metre | 111110101 1111010101 0111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 146 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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