Analysis of The Georges
Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864
George the First was always reckoned
Vile, but viler George the Second;
And what mortal ever heard
Any good of George the Third?
When from earth the Fourth descended
(God be praised!) the Georges ended.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1011110 1111010 0110101 1011101 11101010 11101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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