Analysis of Bibo And Charon
Matthew Prior 1664 – 1721
When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat,
As full of Champagne as an egg's full of meat,
He waked in the boat, and to Charon he said,
He would be row'd back, for he was not yet dead.
Trim the boat and sit quiet, stern Charon replied,
You may have forgot - you were drunk when you died.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1111101101 11101111111 11001011011 11111111111 101011011001 11101101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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