Analysis of Impetuosity.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
His over-hot desire itself defeats,
And where mere prudence had attained, he fails
For lack of self-retention; as on ice
A ravening wolf, when his prey swerves, o'ershoots
The mark, and, floundering in his fury, slides
On the smooth floor.
| Scheme | ABCADE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010100101 0111010111 1111010111 01111111 01010001101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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