The Dean’s Reasons For Not Building At Drapier’s-Hill by Jonathan Swift: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Dean’s Reasons For Not Building At Drapier’s-Hill that begins with:

I will not build on yonder mount;
And, should you call me to account,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddbbeefXghaaaabbffhhiieehhbbbbjjaaaakkddbbiXggddXXjjeebbiiaabbaaaaeehhhhaahhllXhllhhhhhhffaaggbbjjmmhhffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 114,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 11111001 01001111 01110001 1001101010 110101010 111111010 110101010 110111001 11010101 11111111 01010011 01010101 11111101 111111010 010101100 0101010100 0101010100 11110010 11010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 0110001 01110101 11010100 11110101 010101001 11111101 11010101 01110011 01110101 1101101 01110011 10010101 11110111 11000101 00110001 111101010 101101010 10010101 11010101 11000001 01110101 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010101 01010101 11010101 1111111101 0101100110 111111011 110111010 11000111 10010111 110011010 110101010 110111010 110101010 110100010 110101000 111101110 110100011 11010110 01010111 01111111 00110001 11001101 01010001 11110001 010011111 11111101 11010101 10010011 01011101 01001101 01011101 01011101 01001101 01010101 10010101 11110101 01010101 01110101 11011101 11111111 11111111 11001101 01010111 01011101 11010111 110101010 010101010 11011001 11010101 01110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 1100100010 010101110 010101010 011111010 11110101 01011111 01110111 01010101 11110101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3921
  • Average number of words per stanza: 717
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, their, in, or, nor, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, their, in, nor are repeated.

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