Analysis of The Dessert
Charles Lamb 1775 (Inner Temple, London) – 1834 (Edmonton, London)
With the apples and the plums
Little Carolina comes,
At the time of the dessert she
Comes and drops her last new curtsy;
Graceful curtsy, practised o'er
In the nursery before.
What shall we compare her to?
The dessert itself will do.
Like preserves she's kept with care,
Like blanched almonds she is fair,
Soft as down on peach her hair,
And so soft, so smooth is each
Pretty cheek as that same peach,
Yet more like in hue to cherries;
Then her lips, the sweet strawberries,
Caroline herself shall try them
If they are not like when nigh them;
Her bright eyes are black as sloes,
But I think we've none of those
Common fruit here-and her chin
From a round point does begin,
Like the small end of a pear;
Whiter drapery she does wear
Than the frost on cake; and sweeter
Than the cake itself, and neater,
Though bedecked with emblems fine,
Is our little Caroline.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010001 100101 10110011 10101110 1010110 0010001 1110101 0010111 1011111 1110111 1111101 0111111 1011111 11101110 1010110 1001111 11111111 0111111 1111111 1011001 1011101 1011101 10100111 10111010 10101010 1011101 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 843 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 676 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 159 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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