Analysis of The Lure
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
“WHAT bait do you use,' said a Saint to the Devil,
When you fish where the souls of men abound?'
'Well, for special tastes,' said the King of Evil,
'Gold and Fame are the best I've found.'
'But for common use?' asked the Saint. 'Ah, then,'
Said the Demon, 'I angle for Man, not men,
And a thing I hate
Is to change my bait,
So I fish with a woman the whole year round.'
| Scheme | ABABCCDDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111011010 1111011101 11101101110 10110111 1110110111 10101101111 00111 11111 11110100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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