Analysis of Song by the Window Before Bed
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
Little Star, little Star,
Come down quick.
The Moon is a bogey-man;
He'll eat you certain if he can.
Little Star, little Star,
Come down quick!
Little Star, little Star,
Whisper "Yes."
The trees are just niggers all,
They look so black, the are so tall.
Little Star, little Star,
Whisper "Yes"
Little Star, little Star,
Gone--all gone.
The bogey-man swallowed you,
The nigger trees are laughing too.
Little Star, little Star,
Gone--all gone.
Scheme | ABccAB ADeeAD AFggAF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 111 0110101 11110111 101101 111 101101 101 0111101 11110111 101101 101 101101 111 0101101 01011101 101101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 432 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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