Analysis of Three Little Children
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Three little children
On the wide wide earth,
Motherless children -
Cared for from their birth
By tender angels.
Three little children
On the wide wide sea,
Motherless children -
Safe as safe can be
With guardian angels.
| Scheme | AbAbcAdAdc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11010 10111 10010 11111 11010 11010 10111 10010 11111 110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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