Analysis of Rules and Regulations
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
A short direction
To avoid dejection,
By variations
In occupations,
And prolongation
Of relaxation,
And combinations
Of recreations,
And disputation
On the state of the nation
In adaptation
To your station,
By invitations
To friends and relations,
By evitation
Of amputation,
By permutation
In conversation,
And deep reflection
You'll avoid dejection.
Learn well your grammar,
And never stammer,
Write well and neatly,
And sing most sweetly,
Be enterprising,
Love early rising,
Go walk of six miles,
Have ready quick smiles,
With lightsome laughter,
Soft flowing after.
Drink tea, not coffee;
Never eat toffy.
Eat bread with butter.
Once more, don't stutter.
Don't waste your money,
Abstain from honey.
Shut doors behind you,
(Don't slam them, mind you.)
Drink beer, not porter.
Don't enter the water
Till to swim you are able.
Sit close to the table.
Take care of a candle.
Shut a door by the handle,
Don't push with your shoulder
Until you are older.
Lose not a button.
Refuse cold mutton.
Starve your canaries.
Believe in fairies.
If you are able,
Don't have a stable
With any mangers.
Be rude to strangers.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 1011 1010 0010 01 1010 0010 11 00110 1011010 0010 1110 1010 110010 11 1010 1010 0010 01010 1011 11110 01010 11010 01110 1100 11010 11111 11011 1110 11010 11110 1011 11110 11110 11110 01110 11011 11111 11110 110010 1111110 111010 111010 1011010 111110 011110 11010 01110 11010 01010 11110 11010 1101 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,131 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 14, 20 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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