Analysis of If lawyer'S hand is fee'D
John Gay 1685 – 1732
A fox may steal your hens, sir,
A whore your health and pence, sir,
Your daughter rob your chest, sir,
Your wife may steal your rest, sir,
A thief your goods and plate.
But this is all but picking,
With rest, pence, chest and chicken;
It ever was decreed, sir,
If lawyer's hand is fee'd, sir,
He steals your whole estate.
Scheme | AAAAB XXAAB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 0111111 0111011 1101111 1111111 011101 1111110 1111010 1101011 1101111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 321 |
Words | 63 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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