Analysis of To Auntie
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
"Chief of our aunts"--not only I,
But all your dozen of nurselings cry--
"What did the other children do?
And what were childhood, wanting you?"
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111011101 11110111 11010101 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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