Analysis of Pet's Punishment



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
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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Joseph Ashby-Sterry

Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. more…

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