Analysis of Mary Had A Little Frog
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
Mary had a little frog
And it was water-soaked,
But Mary did not keep it long
Because, of course, it croaked!
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 1010101 011101 11011111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 114 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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