Analysis of Anacreon's Apology
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
An eye where love with laughter twinkles,
And songs on kisses still insistent,
Blended with graying hair and wrinkles,
To you, my child, seem inconsistent?
In fact, you think such conduct shocking?
The old should mind their souls and purses?
Ah, youthful blood, refrain from mocking
Till you can only kiss in verses.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111111010 011101010 101101010 11111010 011110110 011111010 110101110 111101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 318 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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