Analysis of Whole Duty of Children
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111111 01111101 0011110 111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 138 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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