Analysis of Though some Saith that Youth Ruleth me
1 Though some saith that youth ruleth me,
2 I trust in age to tarry.
3 God and my right and my duty,
4 From them I shall never vary,
5 Though some say that youth ruleth me.
6 I pray you all that aged be,
7 How well did ye your youth carry?
8 I think some worse, of each degree:
9 Therein a wager lay dare I,
10 Though some saith that youth ruleth me.
11 Pastimes of youth sometime among,
12 None can say but necessary.
13 I hurt no man, I do no wrong,
14 I love true where I did marry,
15 Though some saith that youth ruleth me.
16 Then soon discuss that hence we must.
17 Pray we to God and Saint Mary
18 That all amend, and here an end,
19 Thus saith the king, the eighth Harry,
20 Though some saith that youth ruleth me.
Scheme | AAAAA AAAXA XAXAA XAXAA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 1111111 1101110 10110110 11111010 1111111 1111111 11111110 11111101 01010111 1111111 111101 1111100 11111111 11111110 1111111 11011111 11110110 11010111 11010110 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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