Analysis of Allie
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Allie, call the birds in,
The birds from the sky.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Down they all fly.
First there came
Two white doves
Then a sparrow from his nest,
Then a clucking bantam hen,
Then a robin red-breast.
Allie, call the beasts in,
The beasts, every one.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
In they all run.
First there came
Two black lambs,
Then a grunting Berkshire sow,
Then a dog without a tail,
Then a red and white cow.
Allie, call the fish up,
The fish from the stream.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Up they all swim.
First there came
Two gold fish,
A minnow and a miller's thumb,
Then a pair of loving trout,
Then the twisted eels come.
Allie, call the children,
Children from the green.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
Soon they run in.
First there came
Tom and Madge,
Kate and I who'll not forget
How we played by the water's edge
Till the April sun set.
Scheme | abCbDxexe afCfDxgxg xxCxDxhxh fxCaDxixi |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 01101 101101 1111 111 111 1010111 1010101 101011 101010 011001 101101 0111 111 111 1010101 1010101 101011 101011 01101 101101 1111 111 111 01000101 1011101 101011 101010 10101 101101 1110 111 101 1011101 11110101 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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