Analysis of To My Little Niece Anne Duyckinck
Major Henry Livingston Jr. 1748 (Poughkeepsie, Province of New York) – 1828 (Poughkeepsie, New York)
To his charming black-eyed niece
Uncle Harry wishest peace!
Wishes roses over strow'd
O'er her sublunary road!
No rude winds around her howl,
O'er her head no tempests scowl;
No red lightnings flash around,
No loud thunders rock the ground!
Bright has been her morning sun,
Brighter still be that to come!
All a blue serene above,
Within, all innocence and love.
| Scheme | AABB CCBB XXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1110111 101011 1010101 10011 1110101 1001111 1110101 1110101 1110101 1011111 1010101 01110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 407 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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