Analysis of Old Counsel
_Of The Young Master of a Wrecked California Clipper_
Come out of the Golden Gate,
Go round the Horn with streamers,
Carry royals early and late;
But, brother, be not over-elate--
_All hands save ship!_ has startled dreamers.
| Scheme | X ABAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 101101010101 1110101 1101110 10101001 110111001 111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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