Analysis of The Quangle Wangle's Hat
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
I.
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
With ribbons and bibbons on every side
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
So that nobody every could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.II.
The Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"Jam; and jelly; and bread;
"Are the best of food for me!
"But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree
"The plainer than ever it seems to me
"That very few people come this way
"And that life on the whole is far from gay!"
Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.III.
But there came to the Crumpetty Tree,
Mr. and Mrs. Canary;
And they said, -- "Did every you see
"Any spot so charmingly airy?
"May we build a nest on your lovely Hat?
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"O please let us come and build a nest
"Of whatever material suits you best,
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"IV.
And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree
Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;
The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee,
The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl;
(The Fimble Fowl, with a corkscrew leg;)
And all of them said, -- "We humbly beg,
"We may build out homes on your lovely Hat, --
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"V.
And the Golden Grouse came there,
And the Pobble who has no toes, --
And the small Olympian bear, --
And the Dong with a luminous nose.
And the Blue Baboon, who played the Flute, --
And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute, --
And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, --
All came and built on the lovely Hat
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.VI.
And the Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"When all these creatures move
"What a wonderful noise there'll be!"
And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon
They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon,
On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree,
And all were as happy as happy could be,
With the Quangle Wangle Quee.
Scheme | xababccdde fAfaaaxee aaaabBggh aiaieebBh jkjkxbbbh fAhallaae |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (22%) |
Metre | 1 1011011 01101 1111111 10111101 11110100111 1100111001 010100101 1111001101 101101 01101 1011011 101001 1011111 1010111111 0101101111 110110111 0111011111 101101 1111011 10010010 011110011 101110010 1110111101 10110111 111110101 1100100111 101101 0011011 10101001 0100101 010011 0111011 011111101 1111111101 10110111 101101 0010111 0011111 00101001 001101001 001011101 0010110111 00110011 110110101 101101 001101 1011011 111101 101001101 01110110101 1110110101 101111011 01011011011 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,071 |
Words | 387 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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