Analysis of The Huxter
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
He has a hump like an ape on his back;
He has of money a plentiful lack;
And but for a gay coat of double his girth
There is not a plainer thing on the earth
This fine May morning.
But the huxter has a bottle of beer;
He drives a cart and his wife sits near
Who does not heed his lack or his hump;
And they laugh as down the lane they bump
This fine May morning.
| Scheme | aabbC ddeeC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1101111111 1111001001 01101111011 1110101101 11110 101101011 110101111 111111111 011110111 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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