Analysis of Up and Down

Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)



Down the Hill of Ludgate,
Up the Hill of Fleet,
To and fro and East and West
With people flows the street;
Even the King of England
On Temple Bar must beat
For leave to ride to Ludgate
Down the Hill of Fleet.


Scheme AAAAAAAA
Poetic Form Monorhyme
Metre 10111 10111 1010101 110101 1001110 110111 111111 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 209
Words 45
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare was an English poet short story writer and novelist best remembered for his works for children and The Listeners He was born in Kent and was educated at St Pauls Cathedral School His first book Songs of Childhood was published under the name Walter Ramal His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction more…

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