Analysis of On Moore's Last Operatic Farce, Or Farcical Opera
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Good plays are scarce:
So Moore writes farce.
The poet's fame grows brittle--
We knew before
That Little's Moore,
But now 'tis Moore that's little.
September 14, 1811.
Scheme | XXAXXA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111 0101110 1101 1101 1111110 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 169 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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