Analysis of Sing Heigh-Ho!
Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875
There sits a bird on every tree;
Sing heigh-ho!
There sits a bird on every tree,
And courts his love as I do thee;
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.
There grows a flower on every bough;
Sing heigh-ho!
There grows a flower on every bough,
Its petals kiss-I'll show you how:
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.
From sea to stream the salmon roam;
Sing heigh-ho!
From sea to stream the salmon roam;
Each finds a mate, and leads her home;
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.
The sun's a bridegroom, earth a bride;
Sing heigh-ho!
They court from morn till eventide:
The earth shall pass, but love abide.
Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho!
Young maids must marry.
| Scheme | ABAaBA CBCcBA DBDdBA eBeeBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111001 111 110111001 01111111 111011 11110 1101011001 111 1101011001 11011111 111011 11110 11110101 111 11110101 11010101 111011 11110 0101101 111 111111 01111101 111011 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 704 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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