Analysis of The Khan's Canticles 23
Robert Kirkland Kernighan 1854 (Canada) – 1926
Spring or autumn, never whine,
For your own good name.
Sometimes she '11 be cross and cold,
Never mind, she 's good as gold
Let her have her little scold
And kiss her just the same.
When there 's something wrong with baby
Kiss her ev'ry day,
'Twill help to sooth her worry, may be
Kiss her ev'ry day.
Kiss her when her soul is sad,
Kiss her when her heart is glad ;
Be your fortune good or bad,
Kiss her every day.
Scheme | x abbb a c Dc Deee d |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11111 0111101 10111111 1010101 010101 111101110 1011 111101011 1011 1010111 1010111 1110111 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 1, 2, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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