Analysis of Onn John A Dalbenie

Thomas Chatterton 1752 (Bristol) – 1770 (Holborn)



Johne makes a jarre 'boute
Lancaster and Yorke.
Bee stille gode manne,
and learne to mynde thie worke.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 11011 1001 1111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 107
Words 20
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Chatterton

Thomas Chatterton was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He committed suicide, dying of arsenic poisoning. His works and death were much discussed posthumously and had an influence on the Romantic movement. more…

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