Analysis of The Pack
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
A bit of metaphysics or a psychologic catch
Will sit upon my breast all day and scratch and scratch and
scratch. Now isn't it a pity that the ragged thorns of culture Should be tearing at my vitals, as Prometheus's the vulture?
I really have no liking for abstruse and subtle question.
I prefer to laugh in sunshine and to cherish my digestion.
But a pack of eager queries, barking, barking, hound me on,
Until I find an hour of life's pure delight is gone.
| Scheme | XXX AAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110101011 1101111101010 1110101010101110111011111010 110111010101010 101110101101010 101110101010111 01111101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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