Analysis of Chorus Of Women, From The "Thesmophoriazusae.
Aristophanes 0446 ( BC Athens) – 0386 ( BC Delphi)
They're always abusing the women,
As a terrible plague to men;
They say we're the root of all evil,
And repeat it again and again,
Of war, and quarrels, and bloodshed,
All mischief, be what it may.
And pray, then, why do you marry us,
If we're all the plagues you say?
And why do you take such care of us,
And keep us so safe at home,
And are never easy a moment
If ever we chance to roam?
When you ought to be thanking Heaven
That your plague is out of the way,
You all keep fussing and fretting,
"Where is my Plague to-day?"
If a Plague peeps out of the window,
Up go the eyes of men;
If she hides, then they all keep staring
Until she looks out again.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEFGHGAEIEJBIB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11010010 10100111 111011110 001101001 1101001 1101111 011111101 1110111 011111111 0111111 011010010 1101111 111111010 11111101 11110010 111111 101111010 110111 111111110 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 26, 2023
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