Analysis of Little-Girl-Two-Little-Girls
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say
I'm two little girls. An' one o' me
Is _Good_ little girl; an' th'other 'n' she
Is _Bad little girl as she can be!_
An' Ma say so, 'most ever' day.
An' she's the _funniest_ Ma! 'Cause when
My Doll won't mind, an' I ist cry,
W'y, nen my Ma she sob an' sigh,
An' say, 'Dear _Good_ little girl, good-bye!--
_Bad_ little girl's comed here again!'
Last time 'at Ma act' thataway,
I cried all to myse'f awhile
Out on the steps, an' nen I smile,
An' git my Doll all fix' in style,
An' go in where Ma's at, an' say:
_'Morning to you, Mommy dear_!
_Where's that Bad little girl wuz here_?
_Bad little girl's goned clean away_,
_An' Good little girl's comed back to stay.'_
Scheme | ABBXA CDDDC EFFFADDEX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 111011111 111011111011 111011111 11111101 1101111 11111111 10011111111 111110111 11011101 111111 1111101 11011111 11111101 11011111 111101 11110111 1101111 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 690 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 9 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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