Analysis of A Doe In The City
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863
Little KITTY LORIMER,
Fair, and young, and witty,
What has brought your ladyship
Rambling to the City?
All the Stags in Capel Court
Saw her lightly trip it;
All the lads of Stock Exchange
Twigg'd her muff and tippet.
With a sweet perplexity,
And a mystery pretty,
Threading through Threadneedle Street,
Trots the little KITTY.
What was my astonishment—
What was my compunction,
When she reached the Offices
Of the Didland Junction!
Up the Didland stairs she went,
To the Didland door, Sir;
Porters lost in wonderment,
Let her pass before, Sir.
'Madam,' says the old chief Clerk,
'Sure we can't admit ye.'
'Where's the Didland Junction deed?'
Dauntlessly says KITTY.
'If you doubt my honesty,
Look at my receipt, Sir.'
Up then jumps the old chief Clerk,
Smiling as he meets her.
KITTY at the table sits
(Whither the old Clerk leads her),
'I deliver this,' she says,
'As my act and deed, Sir.'
When I heard these funny words
Come from lips so pretty;
This, I thought, should surely be
Subject for a ditty.
What! are ladies stagging it?
Sure, the more's the pity;
But I've lost my heart to her,—
Naughty little KITTY.
Scheme | ABXB XCXX BBXB DEXE XADA FBXB BAFA XAXA XBBB CBAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (70%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1010100 101010 11111 101010 1010101 101011 1011101 101010 1010100 0010010 10111 101010 1110100 111010 1110100 10110 101111 10111 1010100 101011 1010111 111011 101101 1110 1111100 111011 1110111 101110 1010101 1001110 1010111 111011 1111101 111110 1111101 011010 111011 101010 1111110 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,087 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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