Analysis of At a Lecture.
Edward Shanks 1892 (London) – 1953
The lecturer took his place and looked
At the eager women's faces,
Then he cleared his throat and he jetted out
A stream of commonplaces.
He fondled Wordsworth and patted Shelley
And said with his hand on his heart
He would brook no interference from morals
In any matter of art.
He finished at last and strode away
Over the naked boards,
Erect in his conscious majesty
Back to the House of Lords.
Scheme | XAXA BCXC XDBD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010011101 10101010 1111101101 0111 1101001010 01111111 1111010110 0101011 110110101 100101 010110100 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 392 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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