Analysis of Wee Wee Husband

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



Wee wee husband,
Give me some money,
I have no comfits,
And I have no honey.
Wee wee wifie,
I have no money,
Milk, nor meat, nor bread to eat,
Comfits, nor honey.


Scheme ABCBDBEB
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11110 1111 011110 111 11110 1111111 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 170
Words 35
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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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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