Analysis of Missing
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
Has anybody seen my mouse?
I opened his box for half a minute,
Just to make sure he was really in it,
And while I was looking, he jumped outside!
I tried to catch him, I tried, I tried....
I think he's somewhere about the house.
Has anyone seen my mouse?
Uncle John, have you seen my mouse?
Just a small sort of mouse, a dear little brown one,
He came from the country, he wasn't a town one,
So he'll feel all lonely in a London street;
Why, what could he possibly find to eat?
He must be somewhere. I'll ask Aunt Rose:
Have you seen a mouse with a woffelly nose?
He's just got out...
Hasn't anybody seen my mouse?
Scheme | A XXBBAA A CCDDEEX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11000111 1101111010 1111111001 0111101111 111111111 11110101 110111 10111111 101111011011 111010110011 11111000101 1111100111 11111111 111011011 1111 101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 1, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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