Analysis of To Mr. Murray (For Oxford And For Waldegrave)
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
For Oxford and for Waldegrave
You give much more than me you gave;
Which is not fairly to behave,
My Murray.
Because if a live dog, 'tis said,
Be worth a lion fairly sped,
A live lord must be worth two dead,
My Murray.
And if, as the opinion goes,
Verse hath a better sale than prose--
Certes, I should have more than those,
My Murray.
But now this sheet is nearly cramm'd,
So, if you will, I shan't be shamm'd,
And if you won't, you may be damn'd,
My Murray.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011 11111111 11110101 110 01101111 11010101 01111111 110 01100101 11010111 1111111 110 11111101 111111111 01111111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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