Analysis of Fall of a Wall
John Donne 1572 (London) – 1631 (London)
Under an undermined and shot-bruised wall
A too-bold captain perish'd by the fall,
Whose brave misfortune happiest men envied,
That had a town for tomb, his bones to hide.
| Scheme | AABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010111 0111010101 11010100110 1101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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