Analysis of Choosing A Name
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
I have got a new-born sister;
I was nigh the first that kissed her.
When the nursing woman brought her
To papa, his infant daughter,
How papa's dear eyes did glisten!-
She will shortly be to christen:
And papa has made the offer,
I shall have the naming of her.
Now I wonder what would please her,
Charlotte, Julia, or Louisa.
Ann and Mary, they're too common;
Joan's too formal for a woman;
Jane's a prettier name beside;
But we had a Jane that died.
They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
That she was a little Quaker.
Edith's pretty, but that looks
Better in old English books;
Ellen's left off long ago;
Blanche is out of fashion now.
None that I have named as yet
Are so good as Margaret.
Emily is neat and fine.
What do you think of Caroline?
How I'm puzzled and perplext
What to choose or think of next!
I am in a little fever.
Lest the name that I shall give her
Should disgrace her or defame her,
I will leave papa to name her.
Scheme | AAAABBAA ACBBDDCAEEXX XXFFDXAAAA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 11101110 11101110 10101010 11011010 1111110 11101110 01011010 11101010 11101110 10101010 10101110 11101010 10100101 1110111 11111010 11101010 110111 1001101 1011101 1111101 1111111 1111100 1001101 1111110 111001 1111111 11001010 10111110 10101010 11110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 910 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 12, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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