Analysis of London Types: 'Liza

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)



'Liza's old man's perhaps a little shady,
'Liza's old woman's prone to booze and cring;
But 'Liza deems herself a perfect lady,
And proves it in her feathers and her fringe.
For 'Liza has a bloke her heart to cheer,
With pearlies and a barrer and a jack,
So all the vegetables of the year
Are duly represented on her back.
Her boots are sacrifices to her hats,
Which knock you speechless-like a load of bricks!
Her summer velvets dazzle Wanstead Flats,
And cost, at times, a good eighteen-and-six.
Withal, outside the gay and giddy whirl,
'Liza's a stupid, straight, hard-working girl.


Scheme ABACDBDBEFEFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101010 111011101 11010100110 0110010001 1101010111 11001001 110100101 110010101 011100101 1111010111 01011011 0111010101 111010101 101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 593
Words 104
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 452
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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