Analysis of Under the Wattle
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen 1856 (London) – 1947 (Hove)
"Why should not wattle do
For mistletoe?"
Asked one -- they were but two --
Where wattles grow.
He was her lover, too,
Who urged her so --
"Why should not wattle do
For mistletoe?"
A rose-cheek rosier grew;
Rose-lips breathed low;
"Since it is here, and YOU,
I hardly know
Why wattle should not do."
| Scheme | ABab abAB ababa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 110 111011 1101 110101 1101 111101 110 0111001 1111 111101 1101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 325 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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