Analysis of Beard And Baby
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
I say, as one who never feared
The wrath of a subscriber's bullet,
I pity him who has a beard
But has no little girl to pull it!
When wife and I have finished tea,
Our baby woos me with her prattle,
And, perching proudly on my knee,
She gives my petted whiskers battle.
With both her hands she tugs away,
While scolding at me kind o' spiteful;
You'll not believe me when I say
I find the torture quite delightful!
No other would presume, I ween,
To trifle with this hirsute wonder,
Else would I rise in vengeful mien
And rend his vandal frame asunder!
But when her baby fingers pull
This glossy, sleek, and silky treasure,
My cup of happiness is full -
I fairly glow with pride and pleasure!
And, sweeter still, through all the day
I seem to hear her winsome prattle -
I seem to feel her hands at play,
As though they gave me sportive battle.
Yes, heavenly music seems to steal
Where thought of her forever lingers,
And round my heart I always feel
The twining of her dimpled fingers!
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DCDC EFEF GFGF DCDC HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11111101 011001010 11011101 111101111 11011101 1010111010 0110111 111101010 11011101 110111110 11011111 110101010 11010111 110110110 11110101 011101010 11010101 110101010 11110011 110111010 01011101 111101010 11110111 11111110 110010111 111001010 0111111 010101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 965 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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