Analysis of Bell the Porcelain Doll



I once had a porcelain doll
 Her name was Bell
 Scary as can be
 Her eyes as big as shells

Watched me as I fell asleep
 I felt her eyes follow me
 Never ever left my view
 Even as i slept

A scary doll Bell was
 She really started to frighten me
 Porcelain skin with rouged cheeks
 Left alone to roam free

Once i swear i saw her move
 That was the day i said goodbye
 Packed her up in a brown cardboard box
 As i slowly let out a sigh

I once had a porcelain doll
 Her name was Bell
 She lives in the attic now
Sometimes i hear her yell


Scheme ABcx xcxx xcxc xdxd ABxb
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (35%)
Metre 11101001 0111 10111 011111 1111101 1101101 1010111 10111 010111 110101101 1001111 101111 1111101 1101111 10100111 11101101 11101001 0111 1100101 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 519
Words 112
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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