Analysis of Ralphius

John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)



Compassion in the world again is bred ;
Ralphius is sick, the broker keeps his bed.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 0100010111 111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 90
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Donne

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