Analysis of Ballade Of Worldly Wealth
Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)
Money taketh town and wall,
Fort and ramp without a blow;
Money moves the merchants all,
While the tides shall ebb and flow;
Money maketh Evil show
Like the Good, and Truth like lies:
These alone can ne'er bestow
Youth, and health, and Paradise.
Money maketh festival,
Wine she buys, and beds can strow;
Round the necks of captains tall,
Money wins them chains to throw,
Marches soldiers to and fro,
Gaineth ladies with sweet eyes:
These alone can ne'er bestow
Youth, and health, and Paradise.
Money wins the priest his stall;
Money mitres buys, I trow,
Red hats for the Cardinal,
Abbeys for the novice low;
Money maketh sin as snow,
Place of penitence supplies:
These alone can ne'er bestow
Youth, and health, and Paradise.
Scheme | ababbcBD ebabbcBD abebbcBD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 101101 1010111 1011101 101010 101100 1110111 1011101 1011111 1010101 110111 1011101 101010 1010111 101111 1110100 110101 101111 11101 1011101 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 709 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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