Analysis of Looking Forward
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
When I am grown to man's estate
I shall be very proud and great,
And tell the other girls and boys
Not to meddle with my toys.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
| Metre | 11111101 11110101 01010101 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 134 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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