Analysis of Intro to Chapter II. Campaign of 1776
Joseph Plumb Martin 1760 (Becket, MA) – 1850 (Stockton Springs, ME)
At Uncle Joe's I liv'd at ease;
Had cider, and good bread and cheese;
But while I stay'd at Uncle Sam's
I'd nought to eat but—"faith and clams."
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 11011111 11001101 11111101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 146 |
Words | 31 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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