Analysis of Puppy And I



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
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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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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