Analysis of The Crocodile
Lewis Carroll 1832 (Daresbury) – 1898 (Guildford)
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101010 011101 01010101 1100101 11001111 110111 01010100 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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