Analysis of If a Daughter You Have
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1751 (Dublin) – 1816 (London)
If a daughter you have, she's the plague of your life,
No peace shall you know, tho' you've buried your wife,
At twenty she mocks at the duty you taught her,
O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
Sighing and whining,
Dying and pining,
O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
When scarce in their teens, they have wit to perplex us,
With letters and lovers for ever they vex us,
While each still rejects the fair suitor you've brought her,
O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
Wrangling and jangling,
Flouting and pouting,
O, what a plague is an obstinate daughter.
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Metre | 101011101111 11111111011 110111010110 11011110010 10010 10010 11011110010 110111111011 110010110111 111010110110 11011110010 10001 10010 11011110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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