Analysis of O Souls, In Whom No Heavenly Fire
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
O souls, in whom no heavenly fire is found,
Fat minds, and ever grovelling on the ground!
We bring our manners to the blest abodes,
And think what pleases us must please the Gods.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111001011 110101101 1110101011 0111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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