Analysis of To Maecenas
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
Than you, O valued friend of mine,
A better patron _non est_!
Come, quaff my home-made Sabine wine,--
You'll find it poor but honest.
I put it up that famous day
You patronized the ballet,
And the public cheered you such a way
As shook your native valley.
Caecuban and the Calean brand
May elsewhere claim attention;
But _I_ have none of these on hand,--
For reasons I'll not mention.
So, come! though favors I bestow
Cannot be called extensive,
Who better than my friend should know
That they're at least expensive?
Scheme | ABAB BBXX BCBC BDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11110111 0101011 11111011 1111110 11111101 110001 001011101 1111010 10011 111010 11111111 1101110 11110101 1011010 11011111 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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