Analysis of Deliberation.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
Within the mist of argument men lose
Ofttimes the thread of reason, and the fume
Of thought, until its urgency subsides,
So cloudeth counsel, that on a debate
Time should avail for meditation ere
The matter comes to judgment.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101110011 101110001 1101110001 111011001 110110101 0101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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