Analysis of Birthday Talk For A Child
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
DADDY dear, I'm only four
And I'd rather not be more:
Four's the nicest age to be--
Two and two, or one and three.
All I love is two and two,
Mother, Fabian, Paul and you;
All you love is one and three,
Mother, Fabian, Paul and me.
Give your little girl a kiss
Because she learned and told you this.
| Scheme | AABB CCBB DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1011101 0110111 1010111 1011101 1111101 10100101 1111101 10100101 1110101 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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