Analysis of A Genteel Family.
Kate Greenaway 1846 – 1901
Some children are so naughty,
And some are very good;
But the Genteel Family
Did always what it should.
They put on gloves when they went out,
And ran not in the street;
And on wet days not one of them
Had ever muddy feet.
Then they were always so polite,
And always thanked you so;
And never threw their toys about,
As naughty children do.
They always learnt their lessons
When it was time they should;
And liked to eat up all their crusts
They were so very good.
And then their frocks were never torn,
Their tuckers always clean;
And their hair so very tidy
Always quite fit to be seen.
Then they made calls with their mamma
And were so very neat;
And learnt to bow becomingly
When they met you in the street.
And really they were everything
That children ought to be;
And well may be examples now
For little you and me.
Scheme | ABAB CDXD XXCX XBXB XEAE XDXD XAXA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1101110 011101 1001100 11111 11111111 011001 01111111 110101 1101101 01111 01011101 110101 111110 111111 01111111 101101 01110101 1111 01111010 111111 11111110 001101 01111 1111001 0101010 110111 01110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 813 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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