Analysis of To Thomas Moore : Written The Evening Before His Visit To Mr. Leigh Hunt In Horsemonger Lane Gaol, May 19, 1813
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Oh you, who in all names can tickle the town,
Anacreon, Tom Little, Tom Moore, or Tom Brown,
For hang me if I know of which you may most brag,
Your Quarto two-pounds, or your Twopenny Post Bag;
But now to my letter-to yours 'tis an answer--
To-morrow be with me, as soon as you can, sir,
All ready and dress'd for proceeding to spunge on
(According to compact) the wit in the dungeon--
Pray Phobus at length our political malice
May not get us lodgings within the same palace!
I suppose that to-night you're engaged with some codgers,
And for Sotheby's Blues have deserted Sam Rogers;
And I, though with cold I have nearly my death got,
Must put on my breeches, and wait on the Heathcote;
But to-morrow, at four, we will both play the Scurra,
And you'll be Catullus, the Regent Mamurra.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111001 111011111 111111111111 110111111011 111110111110 110111111111 110011010111 010110010010 111110010011 111110010110 101111101111 0110011010110 011111110111 11111011010 111011111101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 12 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 301 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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