Analysis of Daffodowndilly
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
'Winter is dead.'
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010110 110101 111011 01101 11101 010101 010101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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