Analysis of The Pedant
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Lysander talks extremely well;
On any subject let him dwell
His tropes and figures will content ye
He should possess to all degrees
The art of talk; he practises
Full fourteen hours in four-and-twenty.
| Scheme | AABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
| Metre | 1010101 11001111 110101101 11011101 011111 1111001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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