Analysis of To My Mother
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
You too, my mother, read my rhymes
For love of unforgotten times,
And you may chance to hear once more
The little feet along the floor.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
| Metre | 11110111 11111 01111111 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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