Analysis of Continued - II
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Oracle of the market! thence you drew
The taste which stamped you guide of the inept. -
A North-sea pilot, Hildebrand yclept,
A sturdy and a briny, once men knew.
He loved small beer, and for that copious brew,
To roll ingurgitation till he slept,
Rations exchanged with flavour for the adept:
And merrily plied him captain, mate and crew.
At last this dancer to the Polar star
Sank, washed out within, and overboard was pitched,
To drink the sea and pilot him to land.
O captain-critic! printed, neatly stitched,
Know while the pillory-eggs fly fast, they are
Not eggs, but the drowned soul of Hildebrand.
Scheme | ABBAABBACDEDCE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010111 0111111001 01110101 010001111 11110111001 111111 1001111001 01001110101 1111010101 1110101011 1101010111 1101010101 11010011111 111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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