Analysis of Dingley And Brent
Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)
Dingley and Brent,
Wherever they went,
Ne'er minded a word that was spoken;
Whatever was said,
They ne'er troubled their head,
But laugh'd at their own silly joking.
Should Solomon wise
In majesty rise,
And show them his wit and his learning;
They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.
You tell a good jest,
And please all the rest;
Comes Dingley, and asks you, what was it?
And, curious to know,
Away she will go
To seek an old rag in the closet.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001 01011 110011110 1011 111011 111111010 11001 01001 011110110 11011 11011 1010111010 11011 01101 110011111 010011 01111 111110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 477 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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