Analysis of A Lake And A Fairy Boat
Thomas Hood 1799 (London) – 1845 (London)
A lake and a fairy boat
To sail in the moonlight clear, -
And merrily we would float
From the dragons that watch us here!
Thy gown should be snow-white silk
And strings of oriental pearls,
Like gossamers dipped in milk,
Should twine with thy raven curls!
Red rubies should deck thy hands,
And diamonds should be thy dower -
But fairies have broke their wands,
And wishing has lost its power!
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 0100101 110011 0100111 10101111 1111111 0110101 11101 1111101 1101111 0101111 1101111 01011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 390 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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