Analysis of He had served eighty masters. They'd have said
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
He had served eighty masters. They'd have said
He 'worked for these employers' to earn bread.
And they, if they had heard him, would have sneered
To brand him inefficient whom they feared.
For to know eighty masters is to know
What sort of thing men who are masters grow.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1111010111 1111010111 0111111111 1110010111 1111010111 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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