Analysis of My Fairy
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
I have a fairy by my side
Which says I must not sleep,
When once in pain I loudly cried
It said "You must not weep"
If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,
It says "You must not laugh"
When once I wished to drink some gin
It said "You must not quaff".
When once a meal I wished to taste
It said "You must not bite"
When to the wars I went in haste
It said "You must not fight".
"What may I do?" at length I cried,
Tired of the painful task.
The fairy quietly replied,
And said "You must not ask".
Moral: "You mustn't."
| Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEF AGAG X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 111111 11011101 111111 11111101 111111 11111111 111111 11011111 111111 11011101 111111 11111111 1010101 01010001 011111 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 523 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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