Analysis of On A Certain Poets Judgement Between Mr Pope & Mr Philips Don In An Italian Air
Thomas Parnell 1679 (Dublin) – 1718
Upon a time, and in a place,
With Pan Apollo playd,
Grave Midas sat to Judge ye case,
And Pan ye Victour made.
The Rustick to his Fauns withdrew;
Whilst on ye silver wing
Sweet Phœbus for Parnassus flew
To hear his Homer sing.
Yet ere he went to Midas said,
Ile fitt you for your Jears,
So took two leaves from off his head,
And stuck them in his ears.
Tis hence he thinks the bays his own,
And hence it comes to pass
That as we think his ears are grown
We sooner find the Ass.
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Metre | 01010001 110101 11011111 01111 0111101 111101 11111101 111101 11111101 111111 11111111 011011 11110111 011111 11111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 366 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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