Analysis of Gordon Of Khartoum
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Of men he would have raised to light he fell:
In soul he conquered with those nerveless hands.
His country's pride and her abasement knell
The Man of England circled by the sands.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111111111 011101111 11010011 0111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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