Analysis of Written In The Nouveaux Interests Des Princes De L'Europe
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
Bless'd be the princes who have fought
For pompous names or wide dominion,
Since by their error we are taught
That happiness is but opinion.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 110111010 11110111 110011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 145 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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