Analysis of A Recipe
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
Take a pair of sparkling eyes,
Hidden, ever and anon,
In a merciful eclipse -
Do not heed their mild surprise -
Having passed the Rubicon.
Take a pair of rosy lips;
Take a figure trimly planned -
Such as admiration whets
(Be particular in this);
Take a tender little hand,
Fringed with dainty fingerettes,
Press it - in parenthesis; -
Take all these, you lucky man -
Take and keep them, if you can.
Take a pretty little cot -
Quite a miniature affair -
Hung about with trellised vine,
Furnish it upon the spot
With the treasures rich and rare
I've endeavoured to define.
Live to love and love to live -
You will ripen at your ease,
Growing on the sunny side -
Fate has nothing more to give.
You're a dainty man to please
If you are not satisfied.
Take my counsel, happy man:
Act upon it, if you can!
Scheme | ABCABCDAEDAEBB FGBFGBXHIXHIBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 101001 0010001 1111101 1010100 1011101 101011 110101 1010001 1010101 11101 1100100 1111101 1011111 1010101 1010001 101111 1010101 1010101 11101 1110111 1110111 1010101 1110111 1010111 111110 1110101 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 780 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 14 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 306 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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