Analysis of Law
James Beattie 1735 (Laurencekirk) – 1803 (Aberdeen)
Laws, as we read in ancient sages,
Have been like cobwebs in all ages.
Cobwebs for little flies are spread,
And laws for little folks are made;
But if an insect of renown,
Hornet or beetle, wasp or drone,
Be caught in quest of sport or plunder,
The flimsy fetter flies in sunder.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101010 11110110 1110111 01110111 1111101 10110111 110111110 010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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