Analysis of Lucy’s Birthday
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
Seventeen rosebuds in a ring,
Thick with sister flowers beset,
In a fragrant coronet,
Lucy's servants this day bring.
Be it the birthday wreath she wears
Fresh and fair, and symbolling
The young number of her years,
The sweet blushes of her spring.
Types of youth and love and hope!
Friendly hearts your mistress greet,
Be you ever fair and sweet,
And grow lovelier as you ope!
Gentle nursling, fenced about
With fond care, and guarded so,
Scarce you've heard of storms without,
Frosts that bite or winds that blow!
Kindly has your life begun,
And we pray that heaven may send
To our floweret a warm sun,
A calm summer, a sweet end.
And where'er shall be her home,
May she decorate the place;
Still expanding into bloom,
And developing in grace.
Scheme | ABBAXAXA CDDCEFEF GHGHXIXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011001 11101001 0010101 110111 1101111 10101 0110101 0110101 1110101 1011101 1110101 011111 101101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1011101 01111011 1101011 0110011 0101101 111001 1010011 0010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 730 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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