Analysis of Come Out with Me



There's sun on the river and sun on the hill . . .
You can hear the sea if you stand quite still!
There's eight new puppies at Roundabout Farm-
And I saw an old sailor with only one arm!

But everyone says, "Run along!"
(Run along, run along!)
All of them say, "Run along! I'm busy as can be."
Every one says, "Run along,
There's a little darling!"
If I'm a little darling, why don't they run with me?

There's wind on the river and wind on the hill . . .
There's a dark dead water-wheel under the mill!
I saw a fly which had just been drowned-
And I know where a rabbit goes into the ground!

But everyone says, "Run along!"
(Run along, run along!)
All of them say, "Yes, dear," and never notice me.
Every one says, "Run along,
There's a little darling!"
If I'm a little darling, why won't they come and see?


Scheme aabb CCdCEd aaff CCdCEd
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11101001101 1110111111 111101101 011111011011 1101101 101101 1111101110111 10011101 101010 1101010111111 11101001101 10111011001 110111111 011101010101 1101101 101101 111111010101 10011101 101010 1101010111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 797
Words 163
Sentences 22
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alan Alexander Milne

Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. more…

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