Analysis of The Battle Between The Rats And The Weazles
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
In dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met,
And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set:
An ancient Quarrel had such Hatred wrought,
That for Revenge, as for Renown, they fought.
Now bloody was the Day, and hard the Strife,
Wherein bold Warriors lost neglected Life;
But as, some Errors still we must commit,
Nor Valour always ballanc'd is by Wit;
Among the Rats some Officers appear'd,
With lofty Plumage on their Foreheads rear'd,
Unthinking they, and ruin'd by their Pride:
For when the Weazles prov'd the stronger Side,
A gen'ral Rout befell, and a Retreat,
Was by the Vanquish'd now implor'd of Fate;
To slender Crannies all repair'd in haste,
Where easily the undress'd Vulgar past:
But when the Rats of Figure wou'd have fled,
So wide those branching Marks of Honour spread,
The Feather in the Cap was fatal to the Head.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGHIJKKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011001011 0111011111 1101011101 1101110111 1101010101 01110010101 1111011101 1111111 0101110001 110101111 0101010111 110110101 011010001 1101010111 1101010101 1100001101 1101110111 111101111 010001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 644 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 146 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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