Analysis of Upon Honour. A Fragment.
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Honour, I say, or honest Fame,
I mean the substance, not the name;
(Not that light heap of tawdry wares,
Ermin, Coronets, and Stars,
Which often is by merit sought,
By gold and flatt'ry oft'ner bought.
The shade, for which Ambition looks,
In Selden's or in Ashmole's books):
But the true glory which proceeds,
Reflected bright from honest deeds,
Which we in our Own breast perceive,
And Kings can neither take nor give.
Scheme | AABCDEFFGGHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 11010101 11111101 1010101 11011101 110111 01110101 011011 10110101 01011101 110101101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 426 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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