Analysis of Upon A Penny Loaf
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
Thy price one penny is in time of plenty,
In famine doubled, 'tis from one to twenty.
Yea, no man knows what price on thee to set
When there is but one penny loaf to get.
This loaf's an emblem of the Word of God,
A thing of low esteem before the rod
Of famine smites the soul with fear of death,
But then it is our all, our life, our breath.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110101110 01010111110 1111111111 1111110111 1111010111 0111010101 1101011111 1111101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 353 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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