Analysis of A Nursery Darling

Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)



A Mother's breast:
Safe refuge from her childish fears,
From childish troubles, childish tears,
Mists that enshroud her dawning years!
see how in sleep she seems to sing
A voiceless psalm--an offering
Raised, to the glory of her King
In Love: for Love is Rest.

A Darling's kiss:
Dearest of all the signs that fleet
From lips that lovingly repeat
Again, again, the message sweet!
Full to the brim with girlish glee,
A child, a very child is she,
Whose dream of heaven is still to be
At Home: for Home is Bliss.


Scheme ABXBCCCA DEEEFFFD
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011111 01011100 11010101 011111 011 10110111 11110001 01010101 11011101 01010111 111101111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 517
Words 95
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 198
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. more…

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