Analysis of Incorrect Speaking
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
Incorrectness in your speech
Carefully avoid, my Anna;
Study well the sense of each
Sentence, lest in any manner
It misrepresent the truth;
Veracity's the charm of youth.
You will not, I know, tell lies,
If you know what you are speaking.
Truth is shy, and from us flies;
Unless diligently seeking
Into every word we pry,
Falsehood will her place supply.
Falsehood is not shy, not she,-
Ever ready to take place of
Truth, too oft we Falsehood see,
Or at least some latent trace of
Falsehood, in the incorrect
Words of those who Truth respect.
Scheme | AXAXBB CDCDEE FGFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 10001110 1010111 10101010 100101 10111 1111111 11111110 1110111 01100010 01100111 110101 111111 10101111 111111 11111011 100001 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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