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
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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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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