Analysis of A Song For Two Children
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
'Make a song, father, a new little song,
All for Jenny and Nancy.'
Balow lalow or Hey derry down,
Or else what might you fancy?
Is there any song sweet enough
For Nancy and for Jenny?
Said Simple Simon to the pieman,
'Indeed I know not any.'
'I've counted the miles to Babylon,
I've flown the earth like a bird,
I've ridden cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
But no such song have I heard.'
'Some speak of Alexander,
And some of Hercules,
But where are there any like Nancy and Jenny,
Where are there any like these?'
Scheme | XABA XABA XCXC XDAD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1011001101 1110010 10111101 1111110 11101101 1100110 11010101 0111110 11001110 1101101 110111101 1111111 111010 01110 111110110010 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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