Analysis of Twinkletoes
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
When the sun
Shines through the leaves of the apple-tree,
When the sun
Makes shadows of the leaves of the apple-tree,
Then I pass
On the grass
From one leaf to another,
From one leaf to its brother,
Tip-toe, tip-toe!
Here I go!
| Scheme | AbAbccddee |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 101 110110101 101 1110110101 111 101 1111010 1111110 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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