Analysis of Politics



We move, the wheel must always move,
Nor always on the plain,
And if we move to such a goal
As wisdom hopes to gain,
Then you that drive, and know your Craft.
Will firmly hold the rein,
Nor lend an ear to random cried,
Or you may drive in vain,
For some cry ‘Quick’ and some cry ‘Slow’
But, while the hills remain,
Up hill ‘Too-slow’ will need the whip,
Down hill ‘Too-quick’ the chain.


Scheme ABCBDBEBFBGB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 11101 01111101 110111 11110111 110101 11111101 111101 11110111 110101 11111101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 399
Words 78
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 288
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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