Analysis of The Little Peach

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



A little peach in the orchard grew,--
A little peach of emerald hue;
Warmed by the sun and wet by the dew,
         It grew.

One day, passing that orchard through,
That little peach dawned on the view
Of Johnny Jones and his sister Sue--
         Them two.

Up at that peach a club they threw--
Down from the stem on which it grew
Fell that peach of emerald hue.
         Mon Dieu!

John took a bite and Sue a chew,
And then the trouble began to brew,--
Trouble the doctor couldn't subdue.
         Too true!

Under the turf where the daisies grew
They planted John and his sister Sue,
And their little souls to the angels flew,--
         Boo hoo!

What of that peach of the emerald hue,
Warmed by the sun, and wet by the dew?
Ah, well, its mission on earth is through.
         Adieu!


Scheme aaAa aaaa aaax aaaa aaaa aAaa
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 010100101 01011101 110101101 11 11101101 11011101 110101101 11 11110111 11011111 1111101 11 11010101 010100111 100101001 11 100110101 110101101 0110110101 11 111110101 110101101 111101111 01
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 772
Words 148
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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