Analysis of I Wonder
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
I wonder what the Jacks have got to laugh and laugh about.
I'm sure the worms don't see the joke when Jacky digs them out.
I wonder which is best: a rich plum-pudding stuffed with plums,
Or lemon ice, or plain boiled rice, or long-division sums.
I wonder why I wear a tie. It is not warm to wear;
But if I left it off someone would say it was not there.
I wonder, if I took a whiff of father's pipe for fun,
Would I be big and strong like him, or just his small, sick son?
I wonder when our old white hen will know her squawk betrays her.
I think she lets us find her eggs 'ust so that we shall praise her.
Scheme | AABB CCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111110101 11011101110111 11011101110111 11011111110101 11011101111111 1111111111111 11011101110111 11110111111111 1101101111101010 111111011111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 606 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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