Sorrows Of Werther, The



Werther had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
  
Charlotte was a married lady,
And a moral man was Werther,
And for all the wealth of Indies,
Would do nothing for to hurt her.
  
So he sigh'd and pined and ogled,
And his passion boil'd and bubbled,
Till he blew his silly brains out,
And no more was by it troubled.
  
Charlotte, having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
Like a well-conducted person,
Went on cutting bread and butter.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme XAAA BAXA CCXC BAXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 521
Words 102
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

William Makepeace Thackeray

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