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 |
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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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