Analysis of Mankind
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
Men are but children of a larger growth;
Our appetites are apt to change as theirs,
And full as craving too, and full as vain;
And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room,
Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing;
But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind,
Works all her folly up, and casts it outward
To the world's open view.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1010111111 0111010111 0101110011 10110111110 1101011001 11010101110 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 332 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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