Analysis of A Good Boy
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day,
I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play.
And now at last the sun is going down behind the wood,
And I am very happy, for I know that I've been good.
My bed is waiting cool and fresh, with linen smooth and fair,
And I must be off to sleepsin-by, and not forget my prayer.
I know that, till to-morrow I shall see the sun arise,
No ugly dream shall fright my mind, no ugly sight my eyes.
But slumber hold me tightly till I waken in the dawn,
And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11010101110101 11011101110111 01110111010101 01110101111111 11110101110101 01111111010111 11111101110101 11011111110111 11011101110001 0101010001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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