Analysis of A Question
Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)
O YE Wise of the Earth, are ye wise?
"We can tell from a bone," ye say,
"An animal's shape and size,
And the size and shape of its prey."—
"For such and such joint," say ye,
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"For such and such use must be."
When I show that since time began
The soul hath longed for the skies,
Ye say, "Death is the end of Man."—
O ye Wise of the Earth, are ye wise?
| Scheme | AbabcdceaeA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 11110111 1100101 00101111 1101111 1 1101111 11111101 0111101 11110111 111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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