Analysis of Swing Song
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
Here I go up in my swing
Ever so high.
I am the King of the fields, and the King
Of the town.
I am the King of the earth, and the King
Of the sky.
Here I go up in my swing...
Now I go down.
| Scheme | AbacabAc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 1011 1101101001 101 1101101001 101 1111011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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