Analysis of Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
William Brighty Rands 1823 (Chelsea, Middlesex) – 1882 (East Dulwich, London)
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore —
No doubt you have heard the name before —
Was a boy who never would shut a door!
The wind might whistle, the wind might roar,
And teeth be aching and throats be sore,
But still he never would shut the door.
His father would beg, his mother implore,
'Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore,
We really do wish you would shut the door!'
Their hands they wrung, their hair they tore;
But Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
Was deaf as the buoy out at the Nore.
When he walked forth the folks would roar,
'Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore,
Why don't you think to shut the door?'
They rigged up a Shutter with sail and oar,
And threatened to pack off Gustavus Gore
On a voyage of penance to Singapore.
But he begged for mercy and said, 'No more!
Pray do not send me to Singapore
On a Shutter, and then I will shut the door!'
'You will?' said his parents; 'then keep on shore!
But mind you do! For the plague is sore
Of a fellow that never will shut the door,
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore!'
Scheme | Aaa aaa aAa aaa aAa aaa aaa aaaA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10101001 111110101 1011101101 011100111 011100111 111101101 1101111001 10101001 1101111101 11111111 110101001 1110101101 11110111 10101001 11111101 1110101101 0101111001 1010110110 1111100111 11111110 10100111101 1111101111 111110111 10101101101 10101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 982 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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