Analysis of A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July --
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear --
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream --
Lingering in the golden dream --
Life, what is it but a dream?
| Scheme | abacDdaaaeeedDcaaafff |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 100101 011011 1011101 1010101 1010111 1111101 10101001 101111 11111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010101 1001101 001011 1010111 1010101 1010101 10000101 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 638 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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