Analysis of Minnie And Mattie

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)



Minnie and Mattie
And fat little May,
Out in the country,
Spending a day.
Such a bright day,
With the sun glowing,
And the trees half in leaf,
And the grass growing.
Pinky white pigling
Squeals through his snout,
Woolly white lambkin
Frisks all about.
Cluck! cluck! the nursing hen
Summons her folk, -
Ducklings all downy soft
Yellow as yolk.
Cluck! cluck! the mother hen
Summons her chickens
To peck the dainty bits
Found in her pickings.
Minnie and Mattie
And May carry posies,
Half of sweet violets,
Half of primroses.
Give the sun time enough,
Glowing and glowing,
He'll rouse the roses
And bring them blowing.
Don't wait for roses
Losing to-day,
O Minnie, Mattie,
And wise little May.
Violets and primroses
Blossom to-day
For Minnie and Mattie
And fat little May.


Scheme ABabbcdccefefghgfijkAilmncocobabmbaB
Poetic Form
Metre 10010 01101 10010 1001 1011 10110 001101 00110 1011 1111 1011 1101 110101 1001 101101 1011 110101 10010 110101 10010 10010 01101 111100 1110 101101 10010 11010 01110 11110 1011 11010 01101 100010 1011 110010 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 776
Words 136
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 603
Words per stanza (avg) 134
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 12, 2023

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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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