Analysis of Love's Menu: Pommes de Terre Frites
William Gay 1865 (Scotland) – 1897
Fried potatoes is a dish
Good as any one could wish:
Cheap it is, and appetizing;
Turn a saint to gormandizing:
Good and cheap and tasty too,
Just the thing for Love's Menu.
Love is dainty, and his food,
Even though common, must be good:
Love hath little to disburse,
So his fare must fit his purse:
Love hath fickle appetite,
We his palate must invite:
Crisp and hot, the price a sou,
Fried Potatoes, Love's Menu.
| Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGFC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 1110111 1110100 10111 1010101 1011110 1110011 10110111 1110101 1111111 111010 1110101 1010101 1010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 409 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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