Analysis of Sir Walter (Revised)
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant 1864 (Bridgwater, Somerset) – 1902 (Pretoria)
0 woman, in man's hour of ease
And plenty, how you strive to please!
To win his heart - and purse - you try
With ogle, whisper, smile, and sigh.
But when he's short of cash, you find,
You change your tactics and your mind;
And from a fellow lacking 'oof'
You deem it well to hold aloof -
Tip-tilt your nose and curve your lip,
And let the impecunious R.I.P.,
To find some other, wealthier, new man:
All this you do because - you're Woman.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10011011 01011111 11110111 11010101 11111111 11110011 01010101 11111101 11110111 01011 1111010011 111101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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