Analysis of A Dutch Proverb
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Fire, Water, Woman, are Man's Ruin;
Says wise Professor Vander Bruin.
By Flames a House I hir'd was lost
Last Year: and I must pay the Cost.
This Spring the Rains o'erflow'd my Ground:
And my best Flanders Mare was drown'd.
A Slave I am to Clara's Eyes:
The Gipsey knows her Pow'r, and flies.
Fire, Water, Woman, are My Ruin:
And great Thy Wisdom, Vander Bruin.
Scheme | ABCDEEFFAB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1010101110 110101010 110111011 11011101 1101111 01110111 01111101 01101101 1010101110 011101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 360 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 270 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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