Analysis of Willy Wet-Leg
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
I can’t stand Willy Wet-Leg,
Can’t stand him at any price.
He’s resigned, and when you hit him
he lets you hit him twice.
Scheme | ABCB |
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Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
Metre | 1111011 1111101 10101111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 141 |
Words | 26 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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