Analysis of The Way To Wonderland

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



Who knows the way to wonderland?
Oh, I know, Oh, I know!
Trotty-te-trot on mama's knee,
Then over the billows of sleepy sea,
Down through the straits of by-lo,
Oh, who but mama could understand
The ways that lead to wonderland.

Now we are off to wonderland,
You and I, you and I,
Into the harbor of happy dreams,
Oh how misty and fair it seems,
Rock, rock a-by;
Ah! no one but mama could understand
The way that leads to wonderland

Now we will anchor at wonderland.
Slow-slow-slow-slow.
The magic place where angels keep
Dreams for babies who fall to sleep,
Down we go, down we go,
Oh, who but mama could understand
How to anchor at wonderland.


Scheme abccbAa adeedaa abffbAa
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 111111 1111101 1100101101 1101111 11110101 0111110 1111110 101101 010101101 11100111 1101 111110101 0111110 11110110 1111 01011101 11101111 111111 11110101 1110110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 632
Words 121
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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