Analysis of Repentance And Reconciliation
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
JANE.
Mamma is displeased and looks very grave,
And I own, brother, I was to blame
Just now when I told her I wanted to have,
Like Miss Lydia, a very fine name.
'Twas foolish, for, Robert, Jane sounds very well,
When mamma says, 'I love my good Jane.'
I've been lately so naughty, I hardly can tell
If she ever will say so again.
ROBERT.
We are each of us foolish, and each of us young,
And often in fault and to blame.
Jane, yesterday I was too free with my tongue,
I acknowledge it now to my shame.
For a speech in my good mother's hearing I made,
Which reflected upon her whole sex;
And now like you, Jenny, I am much afraid
That this might my dear mother vex.
JANE.
But yet, brother Robert, 'twas not quite so bad
As that naughty reflection of mine,
When I grumbled because Liddy Bellenger had
Dolls and dresses expensive and fine.
For then 'twas of her, her own self, I complained;
Since mamma does provide all I have.
MOTHER.
Your repentance, my children, I see is unfeigned,
You are now my good Robert, and now my good Jane;
And if you will never be naughty again,
Your fond mother will never look grave.
Scheme | Abcdceaef ghchcijij Aklklxd xgafb |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1 1010101101 011101111 11111011011 1110001011 11011011101 110111111 111011011011 111011101 10 111111001111 01001011 1101111111 101011111 101011101011 101001011 01111011101 11111101 1 11101011111 111001011 1110011011 101001001 11110011101 110101111 10 10101101111 111111001111 01111011001 111011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,090 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 7, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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