Analysis of Upon The Sherrifs Beere
William Strode 1602 – 1645
The Sheriffe of Oxford late is grown so wise
As to repreive his Beere till next assize:
Alas! twas not so quick, twas not so heady,
The Jury sate and found it dead already.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0111011111 11111111 01111111110 01010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 177 |
Words | 36 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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