Analysis of Cavalier Tunes: Give a Rouse
Robert Browning 1812 (Camberwell) – 1889 (Venice)
King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in Hell's despite now,
King Charles!
Who gave me the goods that went since?
Who raised me the house that sank once?
Who helped me to gold I spent since?
Who found me in wine you drank once?
(Chorus)
King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in Hell's despite now,
King Charles!
To whom used my boy George quaff else,
By the old fool's side that begot him?
For whom did he cheer and laugh else,
While Noll's damned troopers shot him?
(Chorus)
King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
Give a rouse: here's, in Hell's despite now,
King Charles!
| Scheme | AAAB cdcdEAAABfgfgEAAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 11011111 101101011 11 11101111 11101111 11111111 11101111 10 11011111 11011111 101101011 11 11111111 101111011 11111011 1111011 10 11011111 11011111 101101011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 835 |
| Words | 144 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 18 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 286 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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