Analysis of Young Reynard
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
Gracefullest leaper, the dappled fox-cub
Curves over brambles with berries and buds,
Light as a bubble that flies from the tub,
Whisked by the laundry-wife out of her suds.
Wavy he comes, woolly, all at his ease,
Elegant, fashioned to foot with the deuce;
Nature's own prince of the dance: then he sees
Me, and retires as if making excuse.
Never closed minuet courtlier! Soon
Cub-hunting troops were abroad, and a yelp
Told of sure scent: ere the stroke upon noon
Reynard the younger lay far beyond help.
Wild, my poor friend, has the fate to be chased;
Civil will conquer: were 't other 'twere worse;
Fair, by the flushed early morning embraced,
Haply you live a day longer in verse.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 110111 1101011001 1101011101 1101011101 1011101111 1001011101 1011101111 1001111001 1010111 1101001001 1111101011 1001011011 1111101111 10110011011 1101101001 111011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 267 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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