Analysis of Magna Est Veritas
Coventry Patmore 1823 (Woodford, London) – 1896 (Lymington)
Here, in this little Bay,
Full of tumultuous life and great repose,
Where, twice a day,
The purposeless, gay ocean comes and goes,
Under high cliffs, and far from the huge town,
I sit me down.
For want of me the world's course will not fail:
When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
The truth is great, and shall prevail,
When none cares whether it prevail or not.
Scheme | ABABCCDEDE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101101 1110010101 1101 0100110101 1011011011 1111 1111011111 1111110111 01110101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 377 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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