Analysis of Wagner
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Creeps in half wanton, half asleep,
One with a fat wide hairless face.
He likes love-music that is cheap;
Likes women in a crowded place;
And wants to hear the noise they're making.
His heavy eyelids droop half-over,
Great pouches swing beneath his eyes.
He listens, thinks himself the lover,
Heaves from his stomach wheezy sighs;
He likes to feel his heart's a-breaking.
The music swells. His gross legs quiver.
His little lips are bright with slime.
The music swells. The women shiver.
And all the while, in perfect time,
His pendulous stomach hangs a-shaking.
Scheme | ABABC DEDEC DFDFC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10110101 11011101 11110111 11000101 011101110 11011110 11010111 110101010 1111011 111111010 010111110 11011111 010101010 01010011 1100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 570 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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