Analysis of Mutton
Jonathan Swift 1667 (Dublin) – 1745 (Ireland)
Gently stir and blow the fire,
Lay the mutton down to roast,
Dress it quickly, I desire,
In the dripping put a toast,
That I hunger may remove --
Mutton is the meat I love.
On the dresser see it lie;
Oh, the charming white and red;
Finer meat ne'er met the eye,
On the sweetest grass it fed:
Let the jack go swiftly round,
Let me have it nice and brown'd.
On the table spread the cloth,
Let the knives be sharp and clean,
Pickles get and salad both,
Let them each be fresh and green.
With small beer, good ale and wine,
Oh ye gods! how I shall dine.
Scheme | ABABCDEFEFGGHIJIKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 1010111 11101010 0010101 1110101 1010111 1010111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1111101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1111101 1111101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 414 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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