Analysis of Sister Jane
La Fontaine 1621 (Château-Thierry, Champagne) – 1695 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France)
WHEN Sister Jane, who had produced a child,
In prayer and penance all her hours beguiled
Her sister-nuns around the lattice pressed;
On which the abbess thus her flock addressed:
Live like our sister Jane, and bid adieu
To worldly cares:--have better things in view.
YES, they replied, we sage like her shall be,
When we with love have equally been free.
| Scheme | AABBCC DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 01010101001 0101010101 110110101 11101010101 1101110101 1101111011 1111110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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