Analysis of Leedle Dutch Baby
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town!
Jabber und jump till der day gone down--
Jabber und sphlutter und sphlit hees jaws--
Vot a Dutch baby dees Londsmon vas!
I dink dose mout' vas leedle too vide
Ober he laugh fon dot altso-side!
Haff got blenty off deemple und vrown--?
Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!
Leedle Dutch baby, I dink me proud
Ober your fader can schquall dot loud
Ven he vas leedle Dutch baby like you
Und yoost don't gare, like he alvays do--!
Guess ven dey vean him on beer, you bet
Dot's der because dot he aind veaned yet--!
Vot you said off he dringk you down--?
Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!
Leedle Dutch baby, yoost schquall avay--
Schquall fon preakfast till gisterday!
Better you all time gry und shout
Dan shmile me vonce fon der coffin out!
Vot I gare off you keek my nose
Downside-up mit your heels und toes--
Downside, oder der oopside-down--?
Hey! Leedle Dutchman come ter town!
| Scheme | aabbccaA ddeeffaA xcgghhaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111 11111111 1111111 10110111 11111111 10111111 1111111 1110111 11101111 101101111 111111011 11111111 111111111 110111111 11111111 1110111 1110111 11111 10111111 111111101 11111111 111111111 110111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 900 |
| Words | 169 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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