Analysis of Gold.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
Ah, Gold! 'tis filthy lucre, honour's shame,
For which so many a Judas still sells truth!
It is the devil's lure; yet good men use it,
And many a dove for sacrifice within
The temple's been sold for it.
| Scheme | ABCDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 11110010111 11010111111 0100111001 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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