Analysis of Lullaby
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
You are much too big to dandle,
And I will not leave the candle.
Go to sleep.
You are growing naughty, rather,
And I'll have to speak to father.
Go to sleep!
If you're good I shall not tell, then.
Oh, a story? Very well, then.
Once upon a time, a king, named Crawley Creep,
Had a very lovely daughter . . . .
You don't want a drink of water!
Go to sleep! There! There! Go to sleep.
Scheme | aaBccBddbccb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 01111010 111 11101010 01111110 111 11111111 10101011 10101011101 10101010 11101110 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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