Analysis of To Mr. Murray
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
To hook the reader, you, John Murray,
Have publish'd 'Anjou's Margaret,
Which won't be sold off in a hurry
(At least, it has not been as yet);
And then, still further to bewilder em,
Without remorse, you set up 'Ilderim;'
So mind you don't get into debt,
Because as how, if you should fail,
These books would he but baddish bail.
And mind you do not let escape
These rhymes to Morning Post or Parry,
Which would be very treacherous--very,
And get me into such a scrape!
For, firstly, I should have to sally,
All in my little boat, against a Galley;
And, should I chance to slay the Assyrian wight,
Have next to combat with the female knight.
March 25, 1817.
Scheme | AXABCCBDD EAAEAAFF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110 1101100 111110010 11111111 0111010101 01011111 11111011 01111111 1111111 01111101 111101110 1111010010 01101101 110111110 10110101010 011111001001 111101011 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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