Analysis of The Beggar
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
He begged and shuffled on;
Sometimes he stopped to throw
A bit and benison
To sparrows in the snow,
And clap a frozen ear
And curse the bitter cold.
God send the good man cheer
And quintal hundredfold.
| Scheme | ABABCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 0101 110001 010101 010101 110111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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