Analysis of The House of Socrates
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
FOR Socrates a House was built,
Of but inferiour Size;
Not highly Arch'd, nor Carv'd, nor Gilt;
The Man, 'tis said, was Wise.
But Mob despis'd the little Cell,
That struck them with no Fear;
Whilst Others thought, there should not dwell
So great a Person there.
How shou'd a due Recourse be made
To One, so much Admir'd?
Where shou'd the spacious Cloth be laid,
Or where the Guests retir'd?
Believe me, quoth the list'ning Sage,
'Twas not to save the Charge;
That in this over-building Age,
My House was not more large.
But this for faithful Friends, and kind,
Was only meant by me;
Who fear that what too streight you find,
Must yet contracted be.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DXDX EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1100111 1111 11011111 011111 11010101 111111 11011111 110101 11011011 1111010 11010111 110101 01110111 111101 10110101 111111 11110101 110111 11111111 111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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