Analysis of On Being Challenged to Write an Epigram in the Manner of Herrick
Sir Walter Raleigh 1552 (Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon) – 1618 (London)
To Griggs, that learned man, in many a bygone session,
His kids were his delight, and physics his profession;
Now Griggs, grown old and glum, and less intent on knowledge,
Physics himself at home, and sends his kids to college.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110100110 1101010101010 1111010101110 1001110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 245 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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