Analysis of Puppy And I
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
I met a Man as I went walking:
We got talking,
Man and I.
'Where are you going to, Man?' I said
(I said to the Man as he went by).
'Down to the village, to get some bread.
Will you come with me?' 'No, not I.'
I met a horse as I went walking;
We got talking,
Horse and I.
'Where are you going to, Horse, today?'
(I said to the Horse as he went by).
'Down to the village to get some hay.
Will you come with me?' 'No, not I.'
I met a Woman as I went walking;
We got talking,
Woman and I.
'Where are you going to, Woman, so early?'
(I said to the Woman as she went by).
'Down to the village to get some barley.
Will you come with me?' 'No, not I.'
I met some Rabbits as I went walking;
We got talking,
Rabbits and I.
'Where are you going in your brown fur coats?'
(I said to the Rabbits as they went by).
'Down to the village to get some oats.
Will you come with us?' 'No, not I.'
I met a Puppy as I went walking;
We got talking,
Puppy and I.
'Where are you going this nice fine day?'
(I said to the Puppy as he went by).
'Up to the hills to roll and play.'
'I'll come with you, Puppy,' said I.
Scheme | aAbcbcB aAbdbdB aAbebeB aAbfbfb aAbdbdb |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) |
Metre | 110111110 1110 101 111101111 111011111 110101111 11111111 110111110 1110 101 111101101 111011111 110101111 11111111 1101011110 1110 1001 11110110110 1110101111 1101011110 11111111 1111011110 1110 1001 1111001111 1110101111 110101111 11111111 1101011110 1110 1001 111101111 1110101111 11011101 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,082 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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