Analysis of A Child
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Little wisp of wonderment,
All the world your doll!
Hugging it in huge content,
Little wisp of wonderment;
Life has only laughter sent—
Everything is droll:
Little wisp of wonderment,
All the world your doll.
| Scheme | ABcAcdAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011100 10111 1010110 1011100 1110101 1011 1011100 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 225 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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