Analysis of Theory And Practice.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
He has ta'en on a theory, and into it
Striven to work his life — a false affair;
For every thought and feeling cannot be,
Like a mosaic, cut and trimmed to suit
Any particular design, however
Grand or beautiful.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110100011 1011110101 11001010101 1001010111 1001000110 11100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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