Analysis of Pet's Punishment
Joseph Ashby-Sterry 1836 – 1917
O, if my love offended me,
And we had words together,
To show her I would master be,
I'd whip her with a feather!
If then she, like a naughty girl,
Would tyranny declare it,
I'd give my pet a cross of pearl,
And make her always bear it.
If still she tried to sulk and sigh,
And threw away my posies,
I'd catch my darling on the sly,
And smother her with roses.
But should she clench her dimpled fists,
Or contradict her betters,
I'd manacle her tiny wrists
With dainty jewelled fetters.
And if she dared her lips to pout,
Like many pert young misses,
I'd wind my arm her waist about,
And punish her, with kisses!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF FFFF GFGF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110101 0111010 11011101 1101010 11110101 1100011 11110111 010111 11111101 010111 11110101 0100110 11110101 101010 110101 110110 01110111 1101110 11110101 0100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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