Analysis of Ye Carpette Knyghte
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
I have a horse - a ryghte good horse -
Ne doe Y envye those
Who scoure ye playne yn headye course
Tyll soddayne on theyre nose
They lyghte wyth unexpected force
Yt ys - a horse of clothes.
I have a saddel - "Say'st thou soe?
Wyth styrruppes, Knyghte, to boote?"
I sayde not that - I answere "Noe" -
Yt lacketh such, I woote:
Yt ys a mutton-saddel, loe!
Parte of ye fleecye brute.
I have a bytte - a ryghte good bytte -
As shall bee seene yn tyme.
Ye jawe of horse yt wyll not fytte;
Yts use ys more sublyme.
Fayre Syr, how deemest thou of yt?
Yt ys - thys bytte of rhyme.
| Scheme | ABABAX ACDCDC CECECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 11111 1111111 11111 1110101 110111 11011111 11111 1111111 11111 1101011 11111 11010111 111111 11111111 11111 1111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 564 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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