Analysis of To the Terrestrial Globe
William Schwenck Gilbert 1836 – 1911
Roll on, thou ball, roll on!
Through pathless realms of Space
Roll on!
What though I'm in a sorry case?
What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache's ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?
Never YOU mind!
Roll on!
Roll on, thou ball, roll on!
Through seas of inky air
Roll on!
It's true I've got no shirts to wear;
It's true my butcher's bill is due;
It's true my prospects all look blue -
But don't let that unsettle you!
Never YOU mind!
Roll on!
[IT ROLLS ON.]
Scheme | AbAbcccDA AeAefffDA a |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 11111 11 11100101 11110111 1111011 11110101 1011 11 111111 111101 11 11111111 11110111 11110111 11110101 1011 11 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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