Analysis of Another Acrostic ( In the style of Father William )
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
"Are you deaf, Father William!" the young man said,
"Did you hear what I told you just now?
"Excuse me for shouting! Don't waggle your head
"Like a blundering, sleepy old cow!
"A little maid dwelling in Wallington Town,
"Is my friend, so I beg to remark:
"Do you think she'd be pleased if a book were sent down
"Entitled 'The Hunt of the Snark?'"
"Pack it up in brown paper!" the old man cried,
"And seal it with olive-and-dove.
"I command you to do it!" he added with pride,
"Nor forget, my good fellow to send her beside
"Easter Greetings, and give her my love."
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110100111 111111111 0111101111 101001011 01011001001 111111101 111111101011 01001101 11101100111 01111001 101111111011 101111011001 101001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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