Analysis of Jove.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



Jove himself moves in the abyss
As in the heights he goes;
The God is so in all that is,
Yet is what no one knows.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Ballad stanza
Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 10110001 100111 01110111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 119
Words 28
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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