Analysis of Beds To The Front Of Them
Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888
'Beds to the front of them,
Beds to the right of them,
Beds to the left of them,
Nobody blundered.
Beamed at by hungry souls,
Screamed at with brimming bowls,
Steamed at by army rolls,
Buttered and sundered.
With coffee not cannon plied,
Each must be satisfied,
Whether they lived or died;
All the men wondered.'
| Scheme | AAABCCCBDDDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 110111 110111 110 111101 111101 111101 1001 1101101 11110 101111 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 309 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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