Analysis of Good Old William
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
- 'I concur
with everything you say,'
smiled William.
'Oh yes
I concur with that.
I agree.'
' If that's the general feeling
you can count on me.
Can't say fairer.'
Good old
William, the Concurrer.
| Scheme | AXX XXB XBA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 11011 110 11 10111 101 11010010 11111 1110 11 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 188 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 15, 2020
Modified by RobertHaigh on June 15, 2020
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