Analysis of Persicos Odi



Dear Lucy, you know what my wish is, --
I hate all your Frenchified fuss:
Your silly entrées and made dishes
Were never intended for us.
No footman in lace and in ruffles
Need dangle behind my arm-chair;
And never mind seeking for truffles,
Although they be ever so rare.

But a plain leg of mutton, my Lucy,
I pr'ythee get ready at three:
Have it smoking, and tender, and juicy,
And what better meat can here be?
And when it has feasted the master,
'Twill amply suffice for the maid;
Meanwhile I will smoke my canaster,
And tipple my ale in the shade.


Scheme XAXABCBC DDDDXECE
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111 111111 110110110 01001011 110010010 11001111 010110110 1111011 1011110110 1111011 1110010010 01101111 011110010 11001101 111111 01011001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 560
Words 106
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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