Analysis of To Mary Field French
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
A dying mother gave to you
Her child a many years ago;
How in your gracious love he grew,
You know, dear, patient heart, you know.
The mother's child you fostered then
Salutes you now and bids you take
These little children of his pen
And love them for the author's sake.
To you I dedicate this book,
And, as you read it line by line,
Upon its faults as kindly look
As you have always looked on mine.
Tardy the offering is and weak;--
Yet were I happy if I knew
These children had the power to speak
My love and gratitude to you.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 01010111 01010101 10110111 11110111 01011101 01110111 11010111 01110101 1111011 01111111 01111101 1111111 100100101 10110111 110101011 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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