Analysis of Time to Rise
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
"Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head!"
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
| Metre | 01010101 1011101 1110101 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 134 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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