Analysis of A Riddle
Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)
I'm wealthy and poor,
I'm empty and full,
I'm humble and proud,
I'm witty and dull.
I'm foul and yet fair:
I'm old, and yet young;
I lie with Moll Kerr,
And toast Mrs. Long.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001 11001 11001 11001 11011 11011 11111 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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