Analysis of Cinderella
Cinderella in the street
In a ragged gown,
Sloven slippers on her feet,
Shames our tidy town;
Harsh her locks of ashen grey,
Vapour vague her stare,
By the curb this bitter day
Selling papers there.
Cinderella once was sweet,
Fine and lily fair,
Silver slippers on her feet,
Ribands in her hair;
Solid men besought her hand,
Tart was she as quince,
Living in a fairy land,
Waiting for a Prince.
Days went by and years went by,
Wistful wan was she;
Heedless of a mother's sigh,
Of a lover's plea;
On her lips a carol gay,
In her heart a dream -
Soon the Prince would come her way,
Gallant and agleam.
Then at last she learned the truth,
How her hope was vain;
Gone her beauty, gone her youth,
Leaving want and pain.
See! she's waiting all alone;
Hark! you hear her cry
Papers by the cold curb-stone,
Begging you to buy.
Winter winds are waxing chill,
Clouds rack overhead;
Cinderella will be ill,
Bye and bye be dead.
Yet she kept her vision clear,
To Romance was true,
Holding him forever dear
Whom she never knew.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Cinderellas of to-day
Take no chance of loss;
When a good guy comes your way,
Nail him to the cross.
Let some ordinary cuss
Your coy heart convince;
Never miss the nuptial bus
Waiting for a Prince.
Scheme | ababcdcd adadefeF ghghcici jkjklglg mnmnopop cqcqrfrF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010001 00101 110101 110101 1011101 1101 1011101 10101 010111 10101 1010101 1001 101101 11111 1000101 10101 1110111 10111 110101 10101 1010101 00101 1011101 10001 1111101 10111 1010101 10101 1110101 11101 1010111 10111 1011101 11101 010111 10111 1110101 10111 1010101 11101 1 1111 11111 1011111 11101 111001 11101 1010101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,206 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 8 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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