Analysis of Pope, The
Charles James Lever 1806 ( Dublin) – 1872 (Trieste)
The Pope he leads a happy life,
He fears not married care nor strife.
He drinks the best of Rhenish wine,
I would the Pope's gay lot were mine.
But yet all happy's not his life,
He has no maid, nor blooming wife;
No child has he to raise his hope,
I would not wish to be the Pope.
The Sultan better pleases me,
His is a life of jollity;
He's wives as many as he will,
I would the Sultan's throne then fill.
But even he's a wretched man,
He must obey the Alcoran;
He dare not drink one drop of wine
I would not change his lot for mine.
So here I'll take my lowly stand,
I'll drink my own, my native land;
I'll kiss my maiden fair and fine,
And drink the best of Rhenish wine.
And when my maiden kisses me
I'll think that I the Sultan be;
And when my cheery glass I tope,
I'll fancy then I am the Pope.
Scheme | AABB AACC DEFF XBBB EEBB DDCC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 01110101 11110111 1101111 11011101 1111111 11111101 11111111 11111101 01010101 110111 11110111 11010111 11010101 110101 11111111 11111111 11111101 11111101 11110101 0101111 01110101 11110101 01110111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 792 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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