Analysis of Little Kids
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
'Little kids,' you call us
As we are at play.
You were little children
Just the other day.
Now to-morrow nears us,
Soon we too shall stand
Men and women rulers
Of the sea and land.
'Little kids' at play time:
But at home or school
Think about our future,
Make us fit to rule.
Guide us wisely onward-
Teach us what is true.
Though we are but kiddies
We are watching you!
Give us good examples!
While we are at play,
Often we are aping
What you do and say.
Scheme | ABXB ACXC XDXD XEXE XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101111 11111 101010 10101 111011 11111 101010 10101 101111 11111 1011010 11111 111010 11111 111110 11101 111010 11111 101110 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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