Analysis of Falstaff's Lament Over Prince Hal Become Henry V
Herman Melville 1819 – 1891
One that I cherished,
Yea, loved as a son -
Up early, up late with,
My promising one:
No use in good nurture,
None, lads, none!
Here on this settle
He wore the true crown,
King of good fellows,
And Fat Jack was one -
Now, Beadle of England
In formal array -
Best fellow alive
On a throne flung away!
Companions and cronies
Keep fast and lament; -
Come, drawer, more sack here
To drown discontent;
For now intuitions
Shall wither to codes,
Pragmatized morals
Shall libel the gods.
One I instructed,
Yea, talked to -alone:
Precept -example
Clean away thrown!
Sorrow makes thirsty:
Sack, drawer, more sack! -
One that I prayed for,
I, Honest Jack!
To bring down these grey hairs -
To cut his old pal!
But, I'll be magnanimous -
Here's to thee Hal!
Scheme | XAXAXA BXCAXDXD XEXECXXX XFBF XGXG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11101 110111 11001 110110 111 11110 11011 11110 01111 110110 01001 11001 101101 010010 11001 11111 11001 111 11011 110 11001 11010 11101 1010 1011 10110 1111 11111 1101 111111 11111 1110100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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