Analysis of Vivien’s Song
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
at the l.l.a. examination
In Algebra, if Algebra be ours,
x and x2 can ne'er be equal powers,
Unless x=1, or none at all.
It is the little error in the sum,
That by and by will make the answer come
To something queer, or else not come at all.
The little error in the easy sum,
The little slit across the kettle-drum,
That makes the instrument not play at all.
It is not worth correcting: let it go:
But shall I? Answer, Prudence, answer, no.
And bid me do it right or not at all.
Scheme | X AAB CCB CCB DDB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010010 01001100110 1011111010 0111111 1101010001 1101110101 1101111111 0101000101 0101010101 1101001111 1111010111 1111010101 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 475 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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