Analysis of Triolet
Paul Thomas Gilbert 1876 – 1953
"I love you, my lord!"
Was all that she said,
What a dissonant chord,
"I love you, my lord!"
Ah! how I abhorred
That sarcastic maid!
"I love you? My Lord!"
Was all that she said.
| Scheme | ABaAacAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11111 101001 11111 11101 10101 11111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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