Analysis of Photography Extraordinary
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
The Milk-and-Water School
Alas! she would not hear my prayer!
Yet it were rash to tear my hair;
Disfigured, I should be less fair.
She was unwise, I may say blind;
Once she was lovingly inclined;
Some circumstance has changed her mind.
The Strong-Minded or Matter-of-Fact School
Well! so my offer was no go!
She might do worse, I told her so;
She was a fool to answer "No".
However, things are as they stood;
Nor would I have her if I could,
For there are plenty more as good.
The Spasmodic or German School
Firebrands and Daggers! hope hath fled!
To atoms dash the doubly dead!
My brain is fire--my heart is lead!
Her soul is flint, and what am I?
Scorch'd by her fierce, relentless eye,
Nothingness is my destiny!
Scheme | ABBB CCC ADDD EEE AFFF GGX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101 01111111 11011111 01011111 11011111 11110001 1101101 0110110111 11110111 11111101 11011101 1011111 11110111 11110111 00101101 10010111 11010101 111101111 01110111 11010101 10011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 706 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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