Analysis of Characteristics Of A Child Three Years Old
LOVING she is, and tractable, though wild;
And Innocence hath privilege in her
To dignify arch looks and laughing eyes;
And feats of cunning; and the pretty round
Of trespasses, affected to provoke
Mock-chastisement and partnership in play.
And, as a faggot sparkles on the hearth,
Not less if unattended and alone
Than when both young and old sit gathered round
And take delight in its activity;
Even so this happy Creature of herself
Is all-sufficient, solitude to her
Is blithe society, who fills the air
With gladness and involuntary songs.
Light are her sallies as the tripping fawn's
Forth-startled from the fern where she lay couched;
Unthought-of, unexpected, as the stir
Of the soft breeze ruffling the meadow-flowers,
Or from before it chasing wantonly
The many-coloured images imprest
Upon the bosom of a placid lake.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHDIJBKLCMBNIAO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010011 010011000 110110101 0111000101 11010101 1101001 0101010101 1110010001 1111011101 0101010100 10111010101 110101010 1101001101 11001001 1101010101 1101011111 11010101 10111000110 1101110100 010101001 0101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 668 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 136 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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