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.
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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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