Analysis of The Ape, the Monkey, and Baboon
Thomas Weelkes 1576 – 1623
The ape, the monkey and baboon did meet,
And breaking of their fast in Friday street,
Two of them swore together solemnly
In their three natures was a sympathy.
Nay, quoth baboon,
I do deny that strain:
I have more knavery in me
than you twain.
Why, quoth the ape, I have a horse at will
In Paris Garden for to ride on still,
And there show tricks. Tush, quoth the monkey,
For better tricks in great men's houses lie.
Tush, quoth baboon,
when men do know I come,
For sport from city, country
they will run.
| Scheme | AABB CDBD EEBX CXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0101000111 0101110101 1111010100 0111010100 1101 110111 111101 111 1101110111 0101011111 011111010 1101011101 1101 111111 1111010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 502 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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