Analysis of The Great Oak Tree
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
There grew a little flower
'Neath a great oak tree:
When the tempest 'gan to lower
Little heeded she:
No need had she to cower,
For she dreaded not its power -
She was happy in the bower
Of her great oak tree!
Sing hey,
Lackaday!
Let the tears fall free
For the pretty little flower and the great oak tree!
When she found that he was fickle,
Was that great oak tree,
She was in a pretty pickle,
As she well might be -
But his gallantries were mickle,
For Death followed with his sickle,
And her tears began to trickle
For her great oak tree!
Sing hey,
Lackaday!
Let the tears fall free
For the pretty little flower and the great oak tree!
Said she, "He loved me never,
Did that great oak tree,
But I'm neither rich nor clever,
And so why should he?
But though fate our fortunes sever,
To be constant I'll endeavour,
Ay, for ever and for ever,
To my great oak tree!"
Sing hey,
Lackaday!
Let the tears fall free
For the pretty little flower and the great oak tree!
Scheme | ababaaabCDBB ebebeeebCDBB ababaaabCDBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 10111 10101110 10101 1111110 11101110 11100010 10111 11 1 10111 1010101000111 11111110 11111 11001010 11111 111010 11101110 00101110 10111 11 1 10111 1010101000111 1111110 11111 11101110 01111 111101010 11101010 11100110 11111 11 1 10111 1010101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 935 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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