Analysis of Children's Reply
Julia A Moore 1847 – 1920
We are little children,
That go to Sabbath school,
To hear of our Redeemer,
Likewise the golden rule.
We will try and do our duty,
To friends and parents dear,
We will try and do our duty,
Their loving hearts to cheer.
We are little children,
That love to go to school,
We love to hear of Jesus,
And learn the golden rule.
We will love our parents,
With all our little hearts;
Yes, we will obey them,
We will not from duty part,
For oh, we know they love us,
Though wayward we may be --
Their heart it never changes,
From our little infancy.
We will love our schoolmates,
Likewise our teacher, dear,
For loving words of kindness
From them we often hear.
And we will not forget them,
Those friends so kind and true,
For in the ten commandments
They tell us what to do.
Scheme | Abcb DcDc Abeb fxgx edxd xcec gcfx |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 111010 111101 111101 10101 111011010 110101 111011010 110111 111010 111111 1111110 010101 1111010 1110101 111011 1111101 1111111 110111 1111010 11010100 111101 110101 1101110 111101 0111011 111101 1001010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 756 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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