Analysis of On Donne's Poetry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
``With Donne, whose muse on dromedary trots,
Wreathe iron pokers into true-love knots ;
Rhyme's sturdy cripple, fancy's maze and clue,
Wit's forge and fire-blast, meaning's press and screw.''
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111001 110101111 110101101 1101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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