Analysis of The Sorows Of Werther
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
WERTHER had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
Charlotte was a married lady,
And a moral man was Werther,
And for all the wealth of Indies,
Would do nothing for to hurt her.
So he sigh'd and pined and ogled,
And his passion boil'd and bubbled,
Till he blew his silly brains out,
And no more was by it troubled.
Charlotte, having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
Like a well-conducted person,
Went on cutting bread and butter.
| Scheme | XAAA BAXA CCXC BAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10101110 11111010 11111110 11101010 10101010 00101110 01101110 11101110 11101010 01101010 11111011 01111110 10101110 10101010 10101010 11101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 520 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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