Analysis of On The Cackling Of A Hen
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay,
(Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.)
About the yard she cackling now doth go,
To tell what 'twas she at her nest did do.
Just thus it is with some professing men,
If they do ought that good is, like our hen
They can but cackle on't where e'er they go,
What their right hand doth their left hand must know.
| Scheme | AABCDDBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111111 1011010111 01011100111 1111110111 1111110101 11111111101 111101111011 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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