Analysis of The Dream of a Girl Who Lived at Seven-Oaks
William Brighty Rands 1823 (Chelsea, Middlesex) – 1882 (East Dulwich, London)
Seven sweet singing birds up in a tree;
Seven swift sailing ships white upon the sea;
Seven bright weather-cocks shining in the sun;
Seven slim race-horses ready for a run;
Seven gold butterflies, flitting overhead;
Seven red roses blowing in a garden bed;
Seven white lilies, with honey bees inside them;
Seven round rainbows with clouds to divide them;
Seven pretty little girls with sugar on their lips;
Seven witty little boys, whom everybody tips;
Seven nice fathers, to call little maids joys;
Seven nice mothers, to kiss the little boys;
Seven nights running I dreamt it all plain;
With bread and jam for supper I could dream it all again!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011011001 10110110101 10110110001 10111010101 1011010101 101101000101 101101101011 1011111011 1010101110111 101010111001 10110111011 10110110101 1011011111 11011101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 515 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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