Analysis of To His Serving Boy
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
Persicos odi
Puer, apparatus;
Displicent nexae
Philyra coronae:
Mitte sectari,
Rosa qua locorum
Sera moretur.
Simplici myrto
Nihil allabores
Sedulus, curo:
Neque te ministrum
Dedecet myrtus,
Neque me sub arcta
Vite bibentem.
| Scheme | ABBXCDC ABCDBAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1010 11 11 11 1011 101 11 11 11 111 11 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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