Analysis of Song of Karen, the Dancing Child
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
(O little white feet of mine)
Out in the storm and the rain you fly;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Can the children hear my cry?
(O little white feet of mine)
Never a child in the whole great town;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Lights out and the blinds pulled down.
(O little white feet of mine)
Never a light on a window pane,
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And the wild wet cry of the rain.
(O little white feet of mine)
Shall I never again be still?
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And away over valley and hill.
(O little white feet of mine)
Children, children, open the door!
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
And the wind shrieks Nevermore.
Scheme | AbAb AcAc AdAd AeAe AfAf |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101111 100100111 1110111 1010111 1101111 100100111 1110111 1100111 1101111 100110101 1110111 00111101 1101111 11100111 1110111 001101001 1101111 10101001 1110111 001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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