Analysis of Song from Love in a Tub
Sir George Etherege 1636 (Maidenhead, Berkshire) – 1691 (Paris)
If she be not as kind as fair,
But peevish and unhandy,
Leave her, she's only worth the care
Of some spruce Jack-a-dandy.
I would not have thee such an ass,
Hadst thou ne'er so much leisure,
To sigh and whine for such a lass
Whose pride's above her pleasure.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 11111111 11001 10110101 1111010 11111111 1111110 11011101 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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