Analysis of The Wonder of a Child
The Wonder of a Child!
He looks upon his baby hands
Enchanted by the wonder
Chubby fingers bend and fan
Move forward, backward, under
Eyes fixed upon his finger-dance
Track gentle rhythmic gestures
Accepting that they move by chance
Too young yet for conjecture
Soon enough he’ll grow to know
He makes his fingers dance
He makes them catch and throw
The seeds to sow, he plants
It is saddening and tragic
We stay children a quick while
For nothing’s born of magic—
Like the wonder of a child!
| Scheme | A XBXB CXCB DCDX EXEA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 11011101 0101010 1010101 1101010 11011101 1101010 01011111 1111010 1011111 111101 111101 011111 11100010 1110011 1101110 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Watching my months-old grandson staring at the dancing movements of his hands, with a look of wonder in his eyes, inspired this poem.
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