Analysis of Urceus Exit

Henry Austin Dobson 1840 (Plymouth) – 1921



I INTENDED an Ode,
   And it turn'd to a Sonnet
It began a la mode,
I intended an Ode;
But Rose cross'd the road
   In her latest new bonnet;
I intended an Ode;
   And it turn'd to a Sonnet.


Scheme ABaAacAB
Poetic Form
Metre 101011 0111010 101011 101011 11101 0010110 101011 0111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 215
Words 42
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Austin Dobson

Henry Austin Dobson was an English poet and essayist His official career was uneventful but as a poet and biographer he was distinguished Those who study his work are usually struck by its maturity more…

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