Analysis of The British Tar
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
A British tar is a soaring soul,
As free as a mountain bird,
His energetic fist should be ready to resist
A dictatorial word.
His nose should pant and his lip should curl,
His cheeks should flame and his brow should furl,
His bosom should heave and his heart should glow,
And his fist be ever ready for a knock-down blow.
His eyes should flash with an inborn fire,
His brow with scorn be rung;
He never should bow down to a domineering frown,
Or the tang of a tyrant tongue.
His foot should stamp and his throat should growl,
His hair should twirl and his face should scowl;
His eyes should flash and his breast protrude,
And this should be his customary attitude!
Scheme | ABXBXACC XDXDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110101 1110101 101011110101 001001 111101111 111101111 1101101111 0111101010111 111111110 111111 110111100101 10110101 111101111 111101111 111101101 0111110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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