Analysis of Conscience.
Margaret Steele Anderson 1867 – 1921
Wisdom am I when thou art but a fool;
My part the man, when thou hast played the clod;
Hast lost thy garden? When the eve is cool,
Harken!, 'tis I who walk there with thy God!
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011111101 1101111101 1111010111 1011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 172 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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