Analysis of The Man of Double Deed



There was a man of double deed,
Who sowed his garden full of seed;
When the seed began to grow,
'Twas like a garden full of snow;
When the snow began to melt,
'Twas like a ship without a belt;
When the ship began to sail,
'Twas like a bird without a tail;
When the bird began to fly,
'Twas like an eagle in the sky;
When the sky began to roar,
'Twas like a lion at my door;
When my door began to crack,
'Twas like a stick across my back;
When my back began to smart,
'Twas like a penknife in my heart;
And when my heart began to bleed,
'Twas death, and death, and death indeed.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 11110111 1010111 11010111 1010111 11010101 1010111 11010101 1010111 11110001 1010111 11010111 1110111 11010111 1110111 1101011 01110111 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 560
Words 119
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 431
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted by acronimous on April 04, 2021

Modified by acronimous on April 18, 2023

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