Analysis of A Man
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
A MAN is not the slave of circumstance,
Or need not be, but builder and dictator;
He makes his own events, not time nor chance;
Their logic his: not creature, but creator.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011101110 11111100010 1111011111 11011101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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