Analysis of Of The Mole In The Ground
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
The mole's a creature very smooth and slick,
She digs i' th' dirt, but 'twill not on her stick;
So's he who counts this world his greatest gains,
Yet nothing gets but's labour for his pains.
Earth's the mole's element, she can't abide
To be above ground, dirt heaps are her pride;
And he is like her who the worldling plays,
He imitates her in her work and ways.
Poor silly mole, that thou should'st love to be
Where thou nor sun, nor moon, nor stars can see.
But O! how silly's he who doth not care
So he gets earth, to have of heaven a share!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010101 111111111101 1111111101 110111111 1011001101 1101111101 011101011 110000101 11011111111 1111111111 111111111 11111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 541 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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