Analysis of The bottle tree

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



A bottle tree bloometh in Winkyway land -
Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!
A snug little berth in that ship I demand
That rocketh the Bottle-Tree babies away
Where the Bottle Tree bloometh by night and by day
And reacheth its fruit to each wee, dimpled hand;
You take of that fruit as much as you list,
For colic's a nuisance that doesn't exist!
So cuddle me and cuddle me fast,
And cuddle me snug in my cradle away,
For I hunger and thirst for that precious repast -
Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!

The Bottle Tree bloometh by night and by day!
Heigh-ho for Winkyway land!
And Bottle-Tree fruit (as I've heard people say)
Makes bellies of Bottle-Tree babies expand -
And that is a trick I would fain understand!
Heigh-ho for a bottle to-day!
And heigh-ho for a bottle to-night -
A bottle of milk that is creamy and white!
So cuddle me close, and cuddle me fast,
And cuddle me snug in my cradle away,
For I hunger and thirst for that precious repast -
Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!


Scheme aBabbaccdBAB babaabeedBAB
Poetic Form
Metre 01011011 11101011 01101011101 1101011001 10101111011 0111111101 1111111111 1101011001 110101011 01011011001 11100111101 11101011 0101111011 11111 01011111101 11011011001 0110111101 11101011 011101011 01011111001 1101101011 01011011001 11100111101 11101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 961
Words 188
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 12
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 375
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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