Analysis of Us Two
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh:
"Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.
Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.
"Let's go together," says Pooh.
"What's twice eleven?" I said to Pooh.
("Twice what?" said Pooh to Me.)
"I think it ought to be twenty-two."
"Just what I think myself," said Pooh.
"It wasn't an easy sum to do,
But that's what it is," said Pooh, said he.
"That's what it is," said Pooh.
"Let's look for dragons," I said to Pooh.
"Yes, let's," said Pooh to Me.
We crossed the river and found a few-
"Yes, those are dragons all right," said Pooh.
"As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.
That's what they are," said Pooh, said he.
"That's what they are," said Pooh.
"Let's frighten the dragons," I said to Pooh.
"That's right," said Pooh to Me.
"I'm not afraid," I said to Pooh,
And I held his paw and I shouted "Shoo!
Silly old dragons!"- and off they flew.
"I wasn't afraid," said Pooh, said he,
"I'm never afraid with you."
So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True,
It isn't much fun for One, but Two,
Can stick together, says Pooh, says he. "That's how it is," says Pooh.
Scheme | aBaaaba abaaaba abaaaba abaaa ba aBaaaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011111 11101 10111111 111100111 111011111 110101111 1101011 110101111 111111 111111101 1111111 110110111 111111111 111111 111101111 111111 110100101 111101111 111111111 11111111 111111 1100101111 111111 11011111 0111101101 101100111 110011111 1100111 101011111 11101 11111111 1110110111 110111111 110101111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,265 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 5, 2, 6 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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