Analysis of The Madman's Song
John Webster 1580 (London) – 1632 (London)
Oh, let us howl some heavy note,
Some deadly-dogged howl,
Sounding as from the threatening throat
Of beasts and fatal fowl!
As ravens, screech-owls, bulls, and bears,
We'll bell, and bawl our parts,
Till irksome noise have cloyed your ears
And corrosived your hearts.
At last, whenas our quire wants breath,
Our bodies being blest,
We'll sing like swans to welcome death,
And die in love and rest.
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11011 101101001 110101 11011101 1101101 11011111 0111 11110111 1010101 11111101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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