Analysis of Punctuality
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
Man Naturally loves delay,
And to procrastinate;
Business put off from day to day
Is always done to late.
Let ever hour be in its place
Firm fixed, nor loosely shift,
And well enjoy the vacant space,
As though a birthday gift.
And when the hour arrives, be there,
Where'er that "there" may be;
Uncleanly hands or ruffled hair
Let no one ever see.
If dinner at "half-past" be placed,
At "half-past" then be dressed.
If at a "quarter-past" make haste
To be down with the rest
Better to be before you time,
Than e're to be behind;
To open the door while strikes the chime,
That shows a punctual mind.
Let punctuality and care
Seize every flitting hour,
So shalt thou cull a floweret fair,
E'en from a fading flower
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ EKEK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11000101 01010 10111111 11111 110101011 111101 01010101 11011 010100111 101111 111101 111101 11011111 111111 11010111 111101 10110111 1111101 110011101 1101001 1010001 11001010 1111011 11101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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