Analysis of A Lament
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
The merry merry lark was up and singing,
And the hare was out and feeding on the lea;
And the merry merry bells below were ringing,
When my child's laugh rang through me.
Now the hare is snared and dead beside the snow-yard,
And the lark beside the dreary winter sea;
And the baby in his cradle in the churchyard
Sleeps sound till the bell brings me.
| Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010111010 00111010101 001010101010 1111111 101110101011 00101010101 00100110001 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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