Analysis of On The Vowels
Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)
We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet.
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010 111001010 1110111 1111101 11011101 0010101 1011101 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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