Analysis of The Huntsmen
Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)
Three jolly gentlemen,
In coats of red,
Rode their horses
Up to bed.
Three jolly gentlemen
Snored till morn,
Their horses champing
The golden corn.
Three jolly gentlemen
At break of day,
Came clitter-clatter down the stairs
And galloped away.
| Scheme | Abxb Acxc Adxd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110100 0111 1110 111 110100 111 1101 0101 110100 1111 1110101 01001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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