Analysis of Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well:
He carried so much, and he carried so fast,
He could carry no more‑so was carried at last;
For, the liquor he drank, being too much for one,
He could not carry off,--so he's now carri-on.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101011 0100110111111 11011011011 111011111011 101011101111 11110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 296 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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