Analysis of A Conclusion, Drawn From The Epigrams, Epigram On The Busts, And Sent To The Drapier

Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)



Since Anna, whose bounty thy merits had fed,
Ere her own was laid low, had exalted thy head:
And since our good queen to the wise is so just,
To raise heads for such as are humbled in dust,
I wonder, good man, that you are not envaulted;
Prithee go, and be dead, and be doubly exalted.


Scheme AABBAC
Poetic Form
Metre 11011011011 101111101011 011011101111 11111111001 1101111111 110110110010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 280
Words 57
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 217
Words per stanza (avg) 57
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. more…

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