Analysis of Number And Nationality

William Baylebridge 1883 (Brisbane) – 1942



Since number needs, let our convention be
More large and simple here, more profitably free.


Scheme AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11011100101 110101110001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 98
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Baylebridge

William Baylebridge, born Charles William Blocksidge, was an Australian poet and short-story writer. Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of George Henry Blocksidge, an auctioneer and estate agent. more…

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