Analysis of Brother And Sister
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
"SISTER, sister, go to bed!
Go and rest your weary head."
Thus the prudent brother said.
"Do you want a battered hide,
Or scratches to your face applied?"
Thus his sister calm replied.
"Sister, do not raise my wrath.
I'd make you into mutton broth
As easily as kill a moth"
The sister raised her beaming eye
And looked on him indignantly
And sternly answered, "Only try!"
Off to the cook he quickly ran.
"Dear Cook, please lend a frying-pan
To me as quickly as you can."
And wherefore should I lend it you?"
"The reason, Cook, is plain to view.
I wish to make an Irish stew."
"What meat is in that stew to go?"
"My sister'll be the contents!"
"Oh"
"You'll lend the pan to me, Cook?"
"No!"
Moral: Never stew your sister.
Scheme | AAA BBB XCC DXD EEE FFF GXGXG X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1011101 1010101 1110101 11011101 1110101 1011111 11101101 11001101 01010101 01110100 01010101 11011101 11110101 11110111 0111111 01011111 11111101 11101111 111010 1 1101111 1 10101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 727 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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