Analysis of A Credo (after the German)
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
For the sole edification
Of this decent congregation,
Goodly people, by your grant
I will sing a holy chant --
I will sing a holy chant.
If the ditty sound but oddly,
'Twas a father, wise and godly,
Sang it so long ago --
Then sing as Martin Luther sang,
As Doctor Martin Luther sang:
"Who loves not wine, woman and song,
He is a fool his whole life long!"
He, by custom patriarchal,
Loved to see the beaker sparkle;
And he thought the wine improved,
Tasted by the lips he loved --
But the kindly lips he loved.
Friends, I wish this custom pious
Duly were observed by us,
To combine love, song, wine,
And sing as Martin Luther sang,
As Doctor Martin Luther sang:
"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,
He is a fool his whole life long!"
Scheme | aabBBccxdDEE ffxgghhxdDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010010 1110010 1010111 1110101 1110101 10101110 10101010 111101 11110101 11010101 11111001 11011111 1110010 11101010 0110101 1010111 1010111 11111010 1000111 110111 01110101 11010101 11111001 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 279 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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