Analysis of The Nut-Brown Ale
John Marston 1576 (Coventry) – 1634 (Hampshire)
THE nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
Puts down all drink when it is stale!
The toast, the nutmeg, and the ginger
Will make a sighing man a singer.
Ale gives a buffet in the head,
But ginger under-props the brain;
When ale would strike a strong man dead
Then nutmeg tempers it again.
The nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
Puts down all drink when it is stale!
| Scheme | AAbbcdceAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 01110111 11111111 01010010 110101010 11010001 11010101 11110111 1110101 01110111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 276 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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