Analysis of The Modern Cherub
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
'Give me a dad who knows his place
And never gives me cheek,
And a mother mild who treats her child
In a docile way, and meek.
Give me a house where a little lad
Is recognised as head,
And home-life's not too beastly bad,'
The little darling said.
'Give me the right to rule to roost
And I'll stay in at night,
And seldom go to the picture show
Or patronise the fight.
But I'll treat complaints with a lordly sniff
If they humbly mention bed.
Precocious parents bore me stiff,'
The sweet young cherub said.
Scheme | XAXABCBC XDXDECEC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 010111 001011101 0010101 110110101 1111 0111111 010101 11011111 011011 010110101 1101 111011011 1110101 01010111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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