Analysis of London Types: Bus Driver
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
He's called The General from the brazen craft
And dash with which he sneaks a bit of road
And all its fares; challenged, or chafed, or chaffed,
Back-answers of the newest he'll explode;
He reins his horses with an air; he treats
With scoffing calm whatever powers there be;
He gets it straight, puts a bit on, and meets
His losses with both lip and £ s. d.;
He arrogates a special taste in short;
Is loftily grateful for a flagrant smoke;
At all the smarter housemaids winks his court,
And taps them for half-crowns; being stoney-broke,
Lives lustily; is ever on the make;
And hath, I fear, none other gods but Fake.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet (93%) |
Metre | 11010010101 0111110111 0111101111 1101010101 1111011111 111101011 1111101101 110111011 11010101 111010101 110101111 01111110101 11110101 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 476 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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