Analysis of A Child's Fancy
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
"Hush, hush! Speak softly, Mother dear,
So that the daisies may not hear;
For when the stars begin to peep,
The pretty daisies go to sleep.
"See, Mother, round us on the lawn,
With soft white lashes closely drawn,
They've shut their eyes so golden-gay,
That looked up through the long, long day.
"But now they're tired of all the fun--
Of bees and birds, of wind and sun
Playing their game at hide-and-seek;--
Then very softly let us speak."
A myriad stars above the child
Looked down from heaven and sweetly smiled;
But not a star in all the skies
Beamed on him with his Mother's eyes.
She stroked his curly chestnut head,
And whispering very softly, said,
"I'd quite forgotten they might hear;
Thank you for that reminder, dear.
Scheme | ABCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJBA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 11010111 11010111 01010111 11011101 11110101 11111101 11110111 111101101 11011101 10111101 11010111 010010101 111100101 11010101 11111101 1111011 010010101 11010111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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