Analysis of I've a Pain in my Head
Jane Austen 1775 (Steventon Rectory, Hampshire) – 1817 (Winchester, Hampshire)
'I've a pain in my head'
Said the suffering Beckford;
To her Doctor so dread.
'Oh! what shall I take for't?'
Said this Doctor so dread
Whose name it was Newnham.
'For this pain in your head
Ah! What can you do Ma'am?'
Said Miss Beckford, 'Suppose
If you think there's no risk,
I take a good Dose
Of calomel brisk.'--
'What a praise worthy Notion.'
Replied Mr. Newnham.
'You shall have such a potion
And so will I too Ma'am.'
Scheme | AXAX ABAB XCXC DBDB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 101011 1010010 101011 1111111 111011 11111 111011 111111 111001 111111 11011 111 1011010 01101 1111010 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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